aim to help solve that problem. These applications are being used by a growing number of companies to improve employee happiness and engagement, help to boost collaboration and to provide awards to employees for a job well done, regardless of where they’re located.
“When the pandemic hit we became a remote-first organization,” said Lum-Cox. “We knew that being in the office is easier to recognize good work but as we grew and employed more people around the country we expanded our team building application to keep us all together, even though we weren’t in the office.”
For employees, the benefits are simple: compensation in various forms for a job well done and even a way to be recognized for an anniversary, birthday, or other milestone. For managers, team building applications go even further by providing performance metrics for workers that can then be used in employee reviews and help determine annual pay raises and bonuses. Most importantly, it’s all done in real-time.
Like any benefit, there is an added cost to the employer as well. In addition to the software’s monthly fee an employer would have to fund the purchase of gift cards or other awards and cash payments.