How to decide what benefits your employees may value more. Among the overall findings from the 1,650 workers surveyed from Aug. 31 to Sept. 5, 2006; findings that CareerBuilder.com released March 20, 2007.: • A bigger paycheck is vastly preferred to more vacation time (79 percent vs. 21 percent). • More than two-thirds prefer having a lunch hour to having Internet access (69 percent vs. 31 percent). • A shorter workweek is preferred to a shorter commute (64 percent vs. 36 percent). • A flexible schedule is preferred to the option of working from home (60 percent vs. 40 percent). • A casual dress code is overwhelmingly preferred to nice office décor (84 percent vs. 16 percent). • Having an office nearly ties in preference to having a better computer (51 percent vs. 49 percent). • Transportation passes or travel allowances slightly edged out free coffee and other beverages as a preference (59 percent vs. 41 percent).
It may be interesting to survey your employees to see what benefits may motivate your employees. You might be surprised what little things will create longevity with employees in your company. For more information on Benefits and HR Solutions, please contact StaffScapes at 303 466 7864. For more information on this survery go to www.shrm.org. | 
