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[quote_box_center]We present some of the good examples of activities that companies can provide their employees with, during\u00a0work and after it. On this subject, company Mercator-S, shared with us the \u201csecrets\u201d of employee satisfaction in\u00a0the company.[/quote_box_center]
\n1. Your company is known for taking care of its employees. What activities\u00a0and relaxation options during \u00a0office hours do you provide\u00a0your employees with?
\nFor its employees at the Headquarters Building, Mercator-S\u00a0has provided the Fun Room, which is used by employees for\u00a0relaxing during office hours and where they can read books,\u00a0watch TV, play pool, ping pong, Sony PlayStation, foosball, or\u00a0make use of the punching bag.
\nIn addition to the Fun Room,\u00a0our employees can visit the Kantina 904 restaurant, where\u00a0all our colleagues can have healthy and quality meals at very\u00a0affordable prices in a pleasant, home-like atmosphere.
\n2.\u00a0Do you also organise activities for employees outside office hours?
\nFor all those who wish to relax after a long day, our company has secured in advance defined\u00a0football and basketball sessions, and occasionally we also organise giveaways of movie tickets where they can bring their families\u00a0and see some of the most popular children\u2019s films.
\nSurely, some of the most interesting activities outside office hours include lectures\u00a0and workshops at the IDEA Academy, where employees have business classes every Tuesday and lifestyle classes every Thursday.
\n3. Do these activities impact your employees\u2019 performance in any way? Have you noticed any positive and/or negative effects?
\nWe as a company believe that activities, which are intended to relax employees while\u00a0they\u2019re at their place of work, can have positive\u00a0influence on employees\u2019 performance and\u00a0the atmosphere amongst them, and this is precisely why we constantly work to improve\u00a0this segment within our organisation. Of course, the most positive effect in activities outside\u00a0work is getting to know your co-workers better.
\nThrough playing games in the Fun Room or having an informal chat during lunch at Kantina\u00a0904, employees actually recognise each other and this way generate a more positive\u00a0atmosphere at their workplace, while making new friends in their personal lives.
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4. Do these activities increase their efficiency in performing work assignments or attaining goals?
\nWe as a company think that the activities we designed have positive impact on employee\u00a0efficiency in performing work assignments and attaining goals.
\nBelieving that this boosts\u00a0the productivity, work enthusiasm, and effectiveness of our co-workers, our company is\u00a0working on developing this kind of employee engagement at all times.
\n5.\u00a0Do you have walking meetings at your company?
\nEmployees at our company have four offices at their disposal that are used exclusively for making appointments, so walking meetings\u00a0are really not necessary in our case.
\nAs one characteristic form of meetings employed at Mercator-S, we can cite conference\u00a0calls and video call meetings that regularly take place with co-workers or business partners from Serbia and the region.
\nThis specific form of meetings takes away the unnecessary stress among Mercator-S employees brought on by wasting time on\u00a0their way to meeting partners or colleagues who are located at distant locations, in itself also having additional effects on satisfaction,\u00a0efficiency, and effectiveness at work.
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\n", "content_text": "[quote_box_center]We present some of the good examples of activities that companies can provide their employees with, during\u00a0work and after it. On this subject, company Mercator-S, shared with us the \u201csecrets\u201d of employee satisfaction in\u00a0the company.[/quote_box_center]\n1. Your company is known for taking care of its employees. What activities\u00a0and relaxation options during \u00a0office hours do you provide\u00a0your employees with?\nFor its employees at the Headquarters Building, Mercator-S\u00a0has provided the Fun Room, which is used by employees for\u00a0relaxing during office hours and where they can read books,\u00a0watch TV, play pool, ping pong, Sony PlayStation, foosball, or\u00a0make use of the punching bag.\nIn addition to the Fun Room,\u00a0our employees can visit the Kantina 904 restaurant, where\u00a0all our colleagues can have healthy and quality meals at very\u00a0affordable prices in a pleasant, home-like atmosphere.\nKantina 904\n2.\u00a0Do you also organise activities for employees outside office hours?\nMercator-S respects its employees\u2019 free time and their personal responsibilities that are unrelated to work, so we do not organise\u00a0mandatory activities after office hours.\nFor all those who wish to relax after a long day, our company has secured in advance defined\u00a0football and basketball sessions, and occasionally we also organise giveaways of movie tickets where they can bring their families\u00a0and see some of the most popular children\u2019s films.\nSurely, some of the most interesting activities outside office hours include lectures\u00a0and workshops at the IDEA Academy, where employees have business classes every Tuesday and lifestyle classes every Thursday.\n3. Do these activities impact your employees\u2019 performance in any way? Have you noticed any positive and/or negative effects?\nWe as a company believe that activities, which are intended to relax employees while\u00a0they\u2019re at their place of work, can have positive\u00a0influence on employees\u2019 performance and\u00a0the atmosphere amongst them, and this is precisely why we constantly work to improve\u00a0this segment within our organisation. Of course, the most positive effect in activities outside\u00a0work is getting to know your co-workers better.\nThrough playing games in the Fun Room or having an informal chat during lunch at Kantina\u00a0904, employees actually recognise each other and this way generate a more positive\u00a0atmosphere at their workplace, while making new friends in their personal lives.\nTeam building\n4. Do these activities increase their efficiency in performing work assignments or attaining goals?\nWe as a company think that the activities we designed have positive impact on employee\u00a0efficiency in performing work assignments and attaining goals.\nBelieving that this boosts\u00a0the productivity, work enthusiasm, and effectiveness of our co-workers, our company is\u00a0working on developing this kind of employee engagement at all times.\n5.\u00a0Do you have walking meetings at your company?\nEmployees at our company have four offices at their disposal that are used exclusively for making appointments, so walking meetings\u00a0are really not necessary in our case.\nAs one characteristic form of meetings employed at Mercator-S, we can cite conference\u00a0calls and video call meetings that regularly take place with co-workers or business partners from Serbia and the region.\nThis specific form of meetings takes away the unnecessary stress among Mercator-S employees brought on by wasting time on\u00a0their way to meeting partners or colleagues who are located at distant locations, in itself also having additional effects on satisfaction,\u00a0efficiency, and effectiveness at work.\nThe post Mercator-S gives a great example for taking care of its employees appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.", "date_published": "2015-07-09T13:37:48+02:00", "date_modified": "2017-01-04T16:19:38+01:00", "author": { "name": "Mirjana Novitovic", "url": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/author/officebs/", "avatar": "https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/slika-.jpg" }, "image": "https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Kantina-NOVA.jpg", "tags": [ "acitivities for employees", "fun room", "merkator-s", "Interviews" ] } ] }