Employee Benefit Package

In today’s labor market, employers are finding they not only need to create a safe and supportive work environment for their employees, but they must also give employees benefits that help them balance the demands of work and personal commitments. Keep your employees motivated and focused on their job by relieving them from the stress associated with completing necessary and time consuming personal errands. Both big and small companies would benefit from The Errand Genie’s affordable services. Larger companies may prefer an “on site” concierge, while smaller companies may find the “on-call” service more fitting to their needs. Call us today for details.

     

·         "... because most companies have work schedules that typically do not give employees time to do routine personal tasks-such as picking up their laundry, waiting at home for a delivery man or a variety of other miscellaneous errands- emerging work/life program employers may want to consider a corporate concierge."  The National Report on Work & Family (USA)

• According to Good Morning America "absentee-ism has tripled at the workplace in the last year due to stress" Good Morning America, ABC TV, 2001
• In 2000, 26 of Fortune Magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" offered personal concierge services versus 15 companies in 1998
  
• Fifty seven percent of businesses offer some type of on-site personal service, such as an ATM, dry cleaner or travel agency. Hewitt 2001.

·         Fifty three percent of employees would opt for a personal assistant rather than personal trainer Circles, 2001

·         Seventy five percent of employees take care of personal responsibilities while on the job. Circles, 2001

·         Thirty six percent say that they take care of personal responsibilities at work daily. Circles, 2001

·         It takes an employee nearly two hours to take care of personal business on company time. Circles, 2001

• The leading factor in employees' commitment and loyalty to their employer is whether they believe that management recognizes the importance of their personal and family lives - Aon Consulting's America@Work 2000 Study.

·         Major employers increased work/life benefits [in 2000], despite an economic downturn that started about halfway through the year. - Hewitt Associates, 2001

·         The estimated annual costs of stress for the United States as a whole range from $200-$300 billion. The impact to employers includes decreased performance, productivity and quality, more accidents and injuries, increased healthcare costs and higher levels of absenteeism and turnover. - DeFrank and Ivancevich

·          “The 1997 National Study on the Changing Workforce reveals a complex relationship between Job Characteristics, Home-Life Characteristics and numerous positive outcomes such as Job Performance, Retention, and Commitment to the Employer. Specifically, the findings indicate that, when workers feel burned-out by their jobs, when they have insufficient time and energy for themselves and their families, these feelings spill back into the workplace, limiting job performance." Source: 1997 National Study on the Changing Workforce Families and Work Institute, 1998