Employee "extras" offer immeasurable incentives
By Rosanne McDowell
Photography by Jeff Amberg
Need another cup after your morning Starbucks? Nowadays, you can wake up and smell the office coffee in any gourmet flavor you like, thanks to a special coffee maker that brews "to order" cups in a multitude of connoisseur-pleasing varieties. Employers have woken up, too; they've realized that happy employees work harder and stay longer. To help keep them happy, savvy bosses are delivering choice fringe benefits, such as this special coffee maker, and their employees love it. Midlands companies – no slackers in this agreeable trend – share some of their own winning fringes, from telecommuting to free pleasure trips for the entire staff ...
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