How to Appreciate Your Employees on Employee Appreciation Day

Every good business owner knows that any business will sink without a dedicated and motivated staff. Many employees leave their jobs because they are unsatisfied in some way, but data shows that 50% of employees would stay in their position if they were given more recognition. Here are a couple of tips and tricks to help show your staff how much you appreciate them!First, start marking Employee Appreciation Day down on your calendar. In 2019, Employee Appreciation Day will be held on March 1^st. Employee Appreciation regularly falls on the first Friday of every March. There are many ways you can celebrate this faux-holiday to show your employees you are thinking of them. An obvious choice would be to have a half-day on Employee Appreciation Day or close the office entirely if possible. Employees would be grateful for the unexpected three-day weekend!

Is your business not able to take a day off? Don’t worry, there are plenty of other ways to show your employees some appreciation today! Declare the day a casual-wear day and let employees wear comfortable clothing – or even pajamas if you want to go all out! You could also give out fun prizes or freebies to staff members as a gift for their work. Does your business have any merchandise? Give out a few shirts to your staff members or other pieces of apparel.

Looking for ways to show your appreciation for your staff year-round, instead of just on Employee Appreciation Day? Have frequent small celebrations to keep morale up. Celebrate staff birthdays or employment anniversaries. These don’t have to be big celebrations and you can give out easy prizes like free merchandise or even intangible gifts like a half-day they can take whenever they want. Find more ideas for showing your employee appreciation here.

Another way to show appreciation is to let your employees be the face of your business on social media. Your staff are likely the people that interact the most often with your customers and going public with your appreciation on social media will show customers your business’s values and morals. Try making a post calling out the good work of a particular employee (with their permission of course) and posting it on your social media channels at least once a week.

Here at Accel Entertainment, we aren’t afraid to show our love for our employees! Accel holds frequent company-wide luncheons for our staff in order to keep morale up. Accel also hosts seasonal parties around the holidays. Plus, all new hires get free credit towards Accel apparel and all employees receive apparel around the holiday season.

Employees should be excited to come into work each day and the workplace should have a fun and happy environment. No matter what you decide to do for Employee Appreciation Day, make sure that you are regularly saying “thank you” to your employees and that they know they are doing a good job and are respected and valued for the work they do.