4 Ideas for Gifts for Your Employees this Christmas

Whether you are the manager of a small, family-run business and have a handful of employees who have been working for you since the beginning or are a head of a department or manager working for a huge national business, your employees are naturally your most important asset.

Christmas is a time to give thanks and show gratitude, and this most certainly does not just mean in a personal context. With that being said, continue reading to discover four gift ideas for your employees this Christmas.

1. Launch Flexible Working Options

Firstly, instead of a physical gift this Christmas, you could instead contribute positively to your employees’ work-life balance by offering flexible and hybrid working options where appropriate.

There are a huge number of advantages, both to your business and your employees, in switching to hybrid working options. You might be able to reduce your office space and therefore rent and utility bills, and you will see a rise in your employee satisfaction levels and notice higher levels of efficiency and productivity. People are able to work when it suits them and arrange their other life commitments around their jobs more easily, leading to less stress in their lives.

2. Create a Festive Feast

Another excellent way of rewarding your loyal employees and indeed, getting both yourself and your workers firmly into the festive spirit is to make working in and around Christmas time a veritable feast for the senses.

Should you have the time and culinary knowledge, you could choose to bake a different festive treat every morning for the week leading up to the Christmas holidays or instead arrange an afternoon off on the Friday before Christmas and hire caterers to bring in a festive feast.

3. Step It Up a Level!

Personalised gifts for women and men make for a more thoughtful option when it comes to finding ways to reward and show your gratitude to your loyal and hardworking employees.

You could choose to bulk order a larger quantity of similarly themed, smaller personalized options, such as mugs and coasters with their names on, or else go for a more company-themed novelty gift, such as a customized stress ball.

Other fabulous, personalized gift ideas for your employees include:

• Keyrings and Magnets
• Books and Notebooks
• Whiskey and Wine Glasses
• T-shirts
• Novelty Items

4. Offer Additional Time-Off

The fourth and final suggestion for ways of showing your gratitude to your employees this Christmas is again related to their work-life balance.

Naturally, as the company’s owner or manager of the company, the needs of the business are (or certainly should be) the priority, but this still does not mean that your employees have to work above and beyond their contracted shifts, especially around Christmas.

Take a look at your schedule and working rotas and look to see if there are ways to offer additional time, even just a couple of afternoons a week in the lead-up to Christmas when your employees can spend time organizing their personal chores to ensure they are not rushing to prepare for the holidays. Perhaps even close for the Christmas and New Year period, as it is unlikely you’ll be getting a lot of work done anyway.