return to office

How to Keep Employees Happy: A Guide for HR & Office Managers

By Lex Flamm on December 6, 2024

Working in HR or office management can feel a little bit like trying to read the minds of the employees around you. What do they actually want? What would boost their wellbeing? Make them smile? Keep …

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3 Reasons Wellness Benefits Make Return to Office Easier

By Lex Flamm on October 29, 2024

The buzz about return to office (RTO) is fading, but there are still plenty of companies quietly planning to bring their employees back to work in person. In September 2024, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy …

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Why Employee Appreciation Gifts Matter in 2024

By Lex Flamm on October 8, 2024

If your company is tightening its budget, it can be tempting to cross employee appreciation gifts off the to-do list. But those gifts might matter more to your team (and your bottom line) than you …

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Designing an Office Break Room? Focus on the Basics

By The FruitGuys on July 24, 2024

Here’s a riddle for you: I have the power to make your employees more productive, less stressed, and happier with their work. What am I? If you guessed “the office break room”—maybe because the …

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Are Your Employees Hoarding the Work Snacks? Try This

By Erin Mittelstaedt on June 27, 2024

“People are hoarding the fruit and snacks!” a client told me as we toured their break room. “I saw someone walk away with a handful—more than they could eat in a day—and stash them in their desk …

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‘Structure’ Is the Magic Word: Employee Mental Health Tips

By Erin Mittelstaedt on May 29, 2024

In 2013, I signed up for a weekly mediation class at the San Francisco Zen Center on a whim. I’m still not a regular meditator but it was a valuable and important class for me. The part that I …

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The Ultimate Office Snack Box Guide

By The FruitGuys on May 17, 2024

Whether you’re already a FruitGuys customer or just scoping out our selection of office snacks, you might have wondered how we choose the bars, bites, jerkies, and more that end up in our snack …

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5 Reasons Customers Love Our Office Snacks (In Their Words!)

By The FruitGuys on March 22, 2024

There are dozens of places to source office snacks—so why choose snack delivery from The FruitGuys? Our customers have shared a lot of thoughts on this over the years, so we rounded up a few of the …

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7 Times a Year to Give Employee Appreciation Gifts

By Lex Flamm on January 2, 2024

Do you remember what it felt like as a kid to find presents waiting for you on a holiday morning? As a business owner or manager, it’s in your power to give that feeling to your employees. A simple …

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The Data Is In: Snack Breaks Boost Productivity at Work

By Lex Flamm on December 20, 2023

What if you could increase your employees' productivity at work by 33% — just by asking them to work less? That sounds counterintuitive, but it’s exactly what a Slack survey of 10,000 workers found in …

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Return to Office Best Practices for Happy Employees

By Lex Flamm on December 15, 2023

This summer, a survey of 1,000 company leaders found 90% of them are planning a return to office in 2024. That will probably be a challenge, considering 97% of currently remote employees hope to work …

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Return to Office? Choose the Best Healthy Office Snacks

By Lex Flamm on December 6, 2023

Did you know that the snacks your coworkers eat affect their work quality and efficiency? Studies show that smart food choices directly correlate with how productive, engaged, and creative people are. …

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Return to Office Tips: 10 Ways to Engage Employees With Food

By Lex Flamm on November 17, 2023

To succeed with your return to office (RTO) efforts, you need to offer employees experiences they can’t get at home. Identifying those missing pieces on your own can be tricky — but luckily, a recent …