Business travel is a necessary part of some roles and can happen relatively frequently. Whether it's travelling for conferences or conducting market research, you want your employees to feel connected and energised even when they are working away. Fortunately, Perkbox can help with this.
There are many types of business travel, and each type fulfils a specific purpose, be it reconnecting with distant colleagues, training, or even client-relationship building. Some employees may also want to add time to their business trip as part of their annual leave. In fact, this is becoming increasingly popular among hybrid or remote workers.
Nevertheless, if you have frequent travellers among your staff, how do you keep them connected to their direct team when they don't have a permanent base? This is where employee experience solutions, such as Perkbox, are very useful. Not only can your employees access all of their perks and benefits from the app, but they can also stay connected with their colleagues and send thoughtful messages of recognition — no matter where they are on their business trip.
If your employees are travelling through many time zones and spending hours in airports, their health and wellbeing need additional support. Especially when they hit the ground running with work the day after landing.
With Perkbox, your teams get access to an ever-expanding library of wellbeing resources, including soothing sleep stories and meditations, which are invaluable for getting back into a sleep routine while adjusting to a different time zone.
There are also plenty of HIIT workouts, relaxing yoga flows, and bodyweight exercises if they want to work out in their hotel room or in the gym. In addition to this, though, Perkbox also includes plenty of discounts on different wellbeing products, such as comfortable athleisure wear and wearable tech.
Nobody likes to be left out of the loop when they are away, and comms tools, such as instant messaging providers, have bridged that gap between the speed of relaying everything over a phone call, versus the slower process of sending an email.
But sometimes you need something that everyone can access at any time, and this is where Perkbox's culture and comms tool is very useful. Think of it as a digital noticeboard you pin cards to. Each card supports a variety of attachments, including image and video files, in addition to documents, such as PDFS.
When creating a card, you can choose from plenty of the templates provided by Perkbox or design your own when something more unique is needed.
The culture and comms tool has many uses, but in the context of employee travel, if a colleague is away for a crucial town hall, you can attach the video recording to a card where they can view it in their own time. Or, if a new team member has been onboarded in their absence, they can direct their colleagues to the onboarding PDFS on the app.
Keeping your employee aware of what's going on while they are away shows you value their contributions and this benefits company culture.
Perks accessibility directly benefits not only your team members who travel but also those who remain in the office or work from home. When all of your benefits, perks, and discounts are easy to find, it's a great employee experience regardless of where your people are working from.
With Perkbox all perks, discounts, and freebies are available on the app. To find them, all employees have to do is search for brands they are familiar with or type in what they are looking for. There are plenty of categories covering many hobbies and interests, from DIY to dining out.
So, if an employee wants to extend their business trip and take some annual leave while they are away, they can use Perkbox to get discounts on hotel stays and participating restaurant chains, for example. And, because Perkbox has brand partnerships with some of the biggest international retailers, there is a very good chance your teams can benefit from the app even when they are abroad.
Celebrating your employees' efforts shouldn't just stop when they are out of the office. Even when they are travelling, they should be able to see who is appreciating them. Moreover, if they want to celebrate a colleague who's been holding down the fort while they are away, they should be able to tell them they are doing a good job publicly.
With Perkbox's recognition and reward platform, your teams can leave messages of recognition to each other using the real-time recognition feed. Additionally, because every recognition can be tagged to company values, everyone knows why their efforts were celebrated.
Managers and supervisors can even attach points to each recognition they send, which employees can save or redeem right away on rewards. Perkbox includes thousands of rewards, all of different shapes and sizes. If an employee wants to redeem their points right away, they can choose a small reward, or if they want to save them for something more special, they can choose a reward of a higher value.
Business travel often means early mornings, time zone adjustments, and no time to truly switch off, so it's very important to offer support during this time.
Whether it's a simple check-in or using a recognition platform to show them appreciation, Perkbox has you covered. You can even run polls and use enhanced usage reports to gather data on what your teams find most useful about the app while they are away.
This insight really helps improve the employee experience for frequent business travellers and shows you care about their wellbeing.
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