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What fun things do you have at your office to get everyone motivated

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HarleyGirlFLA
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What fun things do you have at your office to get everyone motivated

I got my 3rd strand of beads today for doing a good job.

My boss has carnival beads and everytime you do something above and beyond she sends an email out to the entire group and gives you beads. The more beads you get the better the reward (gift certificate, cash bonus, dinner out, days off, etc...)

Today she sent out an email saying how I was the only person who called back every message given to me and I have made notes in the system even if I left them a message.

I wore my beads all day and did the happy bead dance. Chat Icon

Majority of the group has either 1 or 2 strands (we just started the beads 2 weeks ago)

What does your office do to encourage you, or motivate you to do a good job?

Posted 7/6/05 8:18 PM
 
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dm24angel
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Re: What fun things do you have at your office to get everyone motivated

LOL! "above and beyond" is our motto at work..that made me laugh...

I got 2 blockbuster gift cards today for a compliment letter and call I got for helping customers...

We also have Wheel of Fortune, its a huge wheel that looks like the wheel of Fortune one, and we get"spins" when we go above and beyond and win like a 1/2 hour off, an extra hour to lunch...Its cute..I like getting spins..

We also get food if we meet our weekly customer satisfaction goals....and we get a monthly breakfest for thanks ...

we used to get coupons we could turn in for movie tickets and stuff.

Posted 7/6/05 8:21 PM
 

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Re: What fun things do you have at your office to get everyone motivated

wow thats so nice! i love when companies go out of their way to make u feel motivated and appreciated. where do u guys work?

Posted 7/6/05 8:22 PM
 

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Re: What fun things do you have at your office to get everyone motivated

Posted by muchinluvmichi

wow thats so nice! i love when companies go out of their way to make u feel motivated and appreciated. where do u guys work?



Im in Customer Service at Empire BlueCross BlueShield...

We needed to increase our customer satisfaction so we now get a ton of stuff for going the extra mile...

I forgot to add we also get $100 a month if we meet all our personal goals...( we LIKE THAT!)

Posted 7/6/05 8:24 PM
 

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Re: What fun things do you have at your office to get everyone motivated

Well, I work in a library, so there aren't too many perks that come from administration, so my tiny staff makes it fun ourselves. We celebrate each others birthdays, do a Secret Santa at Christmas, and other times, we just get a big hero sandwich "just because".

Posted 7/6/05 8:26 PM
 

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Re: What fun things do you have at your office to get everyone motivated

My old job in College Administration? Pretty much NOTHING - which is why I was miserable at the end and everyone who is still there is completely miserable!!!

Posted 7/6/05 8:29 PM
 

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Re: What fun things do you have at your office to get everyone motivated

Wow, I work in INsurance,a nd if we get a bind request for over 20,000.00 we get a dress down day

Also, any time a bind comes in,, we shake maracas...everyone has one at their desk!Chat Icon

Posted 7/6/05 8:30 PM
 

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Re: What fun things do you have at your office to get everyone motivated

Posted by muchinluvmichi

wow thats so nice! i love when companies go out of their way to make u feel motivated and appreciated. where do u guys work?



I work in customer service for a travel agency. I do customer service and I am a travel booking agent.

We did secret santa and it was so much fun. Every month we have a big cake for all the people who had a birthday that month. This month I am the only July b-day so I get my own cake (of course I have to share with the collegues but my name will be the only name on the cake)

It's great when companies do things like that to make the day fun

Posted 7/6/05 8:32 PM
 

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Re: What fun things do you have at your office to get everyone motivated

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Wow, I work in INsurance,a nd if we get a bind request for over 20,000.00 we get a dress down day

Also, any time a bind comes in,, we shake maracas...everyone has one at their desk!Chat Icon



That sounds fun. You should sing too. Really make it festive Chat Icon

Posted 7/6/05 8:33 PM
 

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Re: What fun things do you have at your office to get everyone motivated

We give out 1-800-gift-certificates to people who we feel go above and beyond. They are in $25 denominations.
We also but $5 and $10 gift cards to starbucks and blockbuster for thanks you's too.

Posted 7/6/05 9:19 PM
 

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Re: What fun things do you have at your office to get everyone motivated

NothingChat Icon

But I make it funChat Icon

Posted 7/6/05 9:24 PM
 

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Re: What fun things do you have at your office to get everyone motivated

we get paychecks Chat Icon

actually, a few weeks ago, i got movie tickets in the mail as a 'Thank you' for being part of a great team (everyone who works for the system got them though, i think) Chat Icon

my supervisors are Awesome though- thats more than enough motivation for me. i really think that that makes ALL the difference in your quality of happiness at work Chat Icon

ETA: i forgot.. we have a social once a month- ice cream or heros.. that kind of stuff.

OH and the friday before teh 4th of july, i didnt have to wear Hoisery Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon (i Hate socks and stockings) Chat Icon

Message edited 7/6/2005 9:32:04 PM.

Posted 7/6/05 9:27 PM
 

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Re: What fun things do you have at your office to get everyone motivated

Posted by HarleyGirlFLA


What does your office do to encourage you, or motivate you to do a good job?



They give me a paycheck Chat Icon Chat Icon

Oh, and they make a pizza lunch for everyone about 3-4 times per year.


I think that's awsome though...a little appreciation/recognition goes a long way. Enjoy!

Message edited 7/6/2005 9:28:35 PM.

Posted 7/6/05 9:28 PM
 

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Re: What fun things do you have at your office to get everyone motivated

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Posted by Holly

Wow, I work in INsurance,a nd if we get a bind request for over 20,000.00 we get a dress down day

Also, any time a bind comes in,, we shake maracas...everyone has one at their desk!Chat Icon



That sounds fun. You should sing too. Really make it festive Chat Icon



Well, I failed to mention when we went into the parking lot in a congo line...and when a certain underwriter has a good month, we have an underwriter day, and that underwriter has to dance or sing...

tis nuts, but I love it there

We sing DOMINCK THE DONKEY & do the HE HAWS at Chrismtas time, as well as secret santas and stockings...and we use ANY REASON for parties!Chat Icon

Posted 7/6/05 9:30 PM
 

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Re: What fun things do you have at your office to get everyone motivated

That's so cool. I think things like that are invaluable. When I was intenring at college board last summer they had all kinds of stuff, a summer picnic, and on certain days we'd get free lunch of breakfast, like bagels and coffee or pizza, salad and soda. I loved that. it just made the work days go by so much quicker and formed a sense of community.

Posted 7/6/05 9:50 PM
 

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Re: What fun things do you have at your office to get everyone motivated

That is fun!

I hope their are camera's around

Posted 7/6/05 9:59 PM
 

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Re: What fun things do you have at your office to get everyone motivated

Saturday's it's a booking supervisor, a booking agent and myself. When the booking agent gets mad at the supervisor about something ridiculous she starts singing the national anthem of India (where the supervisor is from) and calls him a jingle-a-la-la. Which has absolutly no meaning but she gets a real kick out of calling him that.

We have such a blast in my office

Posted 7/6/05 10:02 PM
 

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Re: What fun things do you have at your office to get everyone motivated

Nothing! The morale at my job is really low right now. They keep laying off people and you have to pick up the slack. That's your reward!

Posted 7/6/05 10:14 PM
 

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Re: What fun things do you have at your office to get everyone motivated

if our dept makes our number for the quarter we get a free luncheon. not bad. when we have the luncheon the director ususally goes over the numbers so we see where we stand as a company. to me, its nice to be kept in the loop. and my dept does bagels on birthdays and showers for weddings, fun stuff like that

Posted 7/6/05 10:16 PM
 

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Re: What fun things do you have at your office to get everyone motivated

They offer us alot of B**LS**T. Because everything that comes out of there mouth is just that.

Message edited 7/6/2005 10:34:00 PM.

Posted 7/6/05 10:22 PM
 

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Re: What fun things do you have at your office to get everyone motivated

Wow! We're pretty boring!

Posted 7/6/05 10:25 PM
 

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Re: What fun things do you have at your office to get everyone motivated

motivation???

two key dates each month, the 15th and the 30th

Posted 7/6/05 10:42 PM
 

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Re: What fun things do you have at your office to get everyone motivated

the company DH used to work for had the kooky old statue thingy that the last company in the office left behind. any time someone did something silly, but stupid, they were called into a company wide meeting (50 employees) and given the statue while everyone was told what dumb thing you did. as I write this it sounds mean, but it was really quite funny! this is the same company that called in a midget stripper with a heart condition to celebrate an account manager's birthday!

in my school we don't do much beyond the typical birthday lunches and breakfasts. my last school used to make up songs to familiar tunes whenever someone retired, had a baby, etc.

Posted 7/7/05 7:46 AM
 

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Posted 7/7/05 8:49 AM
 

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Re: What fun things do you have at your office to get everyone motivated

Wow...my job s u c k s ....we do nothing fun - ever. Not only that, but I got a *talking to* b/c I was laughing at my desk one day and it was construed as *unprofessional* Chat Icon

jeez, I need to get outta here

Posted 7/7/05 8:51 AM
 
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