No Such Thing As A Free Lunch

Working in HR right now? You might not have your hands totally full hiring new candidates…just a guess. If that’s the case, and you’re looking to help your company cut costs without taking away real employee perks, make sure you’re getting the most mileage out of your existing benefits.

Susan Heathfield, blogger at About.com Human Resources, just posted an interesting take on employee perks. “I have long believed,” she wrote, “that companies need to do a much better job of educating employees about the cost of the benefits they receive and the reason the benefits are being provided.”

Example?

I worked with a small Web design company whose president decided to bring in Friday lunch as a way to build his team.