03/23/2017

7 Inexpensive Company Perks That Will Make Your Employees a Lot Happier

Here's a mix of free and low-priced ways to make your employees happier

Although people need a certain amount of money to meet their basic needs, money does not buy happiness.

I know this from personal experience. After all, one of the private companies I invested in is worth about 50 times more than the check I wrote to buy a stake in it. That's largely because it was acquired by a public company whose stock has quadrupled in the past five years and that recently popped another 5 percent after reporting record earnings.

None of that money makes me feel any happier. Instead, I feel happiness when others recognize something I did to make their life better. For example, in the past few weeks two students have told me that I taught them a concept that helped them do their jobs more effectively. Simply put, to make your employees happier, give them experiences that recognize what they do well for other people.

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