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their employees happy at work have more options today than ever before. Providing food and refreshments at work remains one of the most important benefits Southern California, Inland Empire, Los Angeles, Orange County, San Bernardino and Riverside employers can provide their workers. Employers should, however, consider all possible ways to keep workers happy on the job.\nOver the last two years, employers have focused more on workplace amenities, reports The Wall Street Journal. Many Southern California, Inland Empire, Los Angeles, Orange County, San Bernardino and Riverside workplaces are offering free snacks and drinks and some are going far beyond that with places employees can relax and recharge. Such amenities keep employees happy and they keep top-performers from changing jobs.
\nAs companies try to put themselves on a path to faster growth, some are mimicking the workplace practices\u2014and lavish perks\u2014at technology behemoths like Google Inc. and Facebook Inc.
\nIn industries as varied as insurance, electrical contracting and auto loans, managers are spending on office upgrades and amenities like free food and comped vacations, claiming that such trappings elevate jobs in even the more non-glamorous industries. This helps to recruit employees and to convince high performers to stay.
\nJohn Bremen, a managing director with human-resources consulting firm Towers Watson, has seen squash courts and lap pools at some companies, and at one bank, rest areas for employees complete with sofas and soothing music\u2014something that wouldn\u2019t have occurred a decade ago.
\nAlterra Chief Executive David Royce says the writings of Zappos.com Inc. CEO Tony Hsieh prompted his focus on employee happiness, which Hsieh claims breeds corporate success. Royce spent hours scrolling through photos of tech-company offices online, concluding \u201cit\u2019s not fair that they have all the fun.\u201d
\nRoyce says he now invests more than 10% of Alterra\u2019s profit in food, events and amenities each year, and claims it is paying off. Employees hailing from competing pest-control companies increase their sales by 70% in their first full year at Alterra, and 96% stay at the company for at least a full year.
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Tech giants have long used recreational workspaces and generous perks to impress recruits and set themselves apart from typical corporate offices. Workplace designers like Primo Orpilla, whose design firm Studio O+A has created offices for Uber Technologies Inc. and Yelp Inc., say they are hearing from finance and contracting firms looking for similarly eye-catching amenities\u2014even as some Silicon Valley companies play down some of the wackier touches.\nScott Lesizza, a founding principal of WorkWell Partners, which sells office furnishings, says about half the clients he meets cite Google as a model for their workplaces.
\nThe Southern California, Inland Empire, Los Angeles, Orange County, San Bernardino and Riverside office culture is changing, slowly but surely. The economy, the need for a work\/life balance, rising costs and stretched budgets all influence the culture of an office. Where some companies will offer employees many perks, others will offer few and try to compensate in other ways.
\nDependable Vending is experiencing this metamorphosis in Southern California, Inland Empire, Los Angeles, Orange County, San Bernardino and Riverside. Dependable Vending can meet the future needs with trendier offerings and ways to help locations offer affordable, yet quality perks.
\nFor more information about healthy snack and beverage options available to the vending industry, contact your Southern California, Inland Empire, Los Angeles, Orange County, San Bernardino and Riverside vending partner, Dependable Vending, at 800-785-3803 to discuss your customized break room solution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"