Don’t want your employees to participate in the Great Resignation or Quiet Quitting? Allow them to get recharged and refreshed by providing employee benefits that assist in achieving all the different types of rest.
Here are the 5 types of rest everyone needs and the employee benefits that make them accessible:
Physical Rest
You may think your employees get enough physical rest after they go home, but that’s a wrong assumption. Employees can have demanding domestic and personal lives that can keep them from getting enough physical rest.
However, you can make it easier for them to achieve this among all types of rest by improving the staff schedule. Employee benefits such as yoga classes, spa vouchers, and in-house gym memberships can be especially useful. Comfortable office chairs and bean bags can also help.
Mental/Sensory Rest
Without adequate mental and sensory rest, physical rest cannot prove beneficial. It is why promoting its importance in employees’ life and ensuring measures and employee benefits to help achieve it is essential.
Encourage employees to take a break from screens every hour and close their eyes for five minutes. Private cubicles where employees have lower chances of getting distracted and soundproof working space can also prove beneficial. Discussing mundane topics in break rooms and during lunch can provide employees passive mental/sensory rest.
Emotional Rest
The social culture requires everyone to mask their emotions at all times. It is also common for employers to ask their employees to leave their personal life at home. But not only is this demand unrealistic, but it also pushes employees toward Quiet Quitting and Great Resignation.
Until robots don’t replace manual workers, employers need to care about their employees’ emotional rest. Providing the employee benefit of mental health care is the most effective way to provide it. Above mentioned benefits of spa vouchers and yoga classes can also help.
Social Rest
Everyone needs social rest, even extroverted employees. Socializing with coworkers and spending up to 10 hours daily among people can be especially draining for introverted employees. While work friendships and open communication among team members can lower the impact of constant socialization, taking a break can prove even more helpful. Implement a no-contact policy for weekends and holidays so employees can get much-needed social rest.
Spiritual/Creative Rest
Nobody is immune to creative blocks. They can hit anyone anytime and last as long as they want. However, providing creative rest to employees can help them develop better control over their creative sense.
Encourage employees to spend time in nature. If the employees cannot find time for quick getaways in their routines, schedule office events, trips, and team-building activities at nearby national parks, hiking trails, etc.
Trips to natural sights and spots will also help religious employees to renew their faith. Providing paid time off to employees on religious holidays and events can also make achieving spiritual rest easier for them and nourish their creativity.
Finally, talking about the different types of rest at work can also encourage employees to discuss their issues at work. Acknowledging the need for all types of rest is the first step toward providing beneficial employee benefits and long-term employee retention.
