Hi,
One day outing will itself give you ample opportunity for team building. Make the outing entertaining so that each one attending enjoy and forget their official stress. Some basic planning is required, and also depends upon number of members attending, budget alloction or sharing etc :-
Selection of the outing place.
Like near to your place so that you can return back by evening.
Should be a picnic spot or a natural beauty for eg. beach, park etc.
Transport
A common transport should be used. If the journey is of more than 1 hour, organise introductions/jokes/personal life experiences/chorus singing in the bus, so that the bond starts building before reaching the spot. Ensure that no personal comments are made under any circumstances.
Organise team games, or entertainment programme which involves all the members attending, always encourage all even the looser, be a sport. Select team builders from the members and make them captain of any event you want to organise, they will bring team spirit automatically while playing the game.
Catering can be outsourced, ensure food should be of common menu for veg and non veg, the same can be selected before hand by floating a circular before departure for the outing. It will be better if the thing is cooked at the place of outing. All other amenities is also to be worked out like plenty of drinking water,cold drinks, snacks etc.
After the outing take feedback from each and all and note down their suggestions and advises, the bad experience and the good and improve more in the next outing.
Regards
From India, Delhi
One day outing will itself give you ample opportunity for team building. Make the outing entertaining so that each one attending enjoy and forget their official stress. Some basic planning is required, and also depends upon number of members attending, budget alloction or sharing etc :-
Selection of the outing place.
Like near to your place so that you can return back by evening.
Should be a picnic spot or a natural beauty for eg. beach, park etc.
Transport
A common transport should be used. If the journey is of more than 1 hour, organise introductions/jokes/personal life experiences/chorus singing in the bus, so that the bond starts building before reaching the spot. Ensure that no personal comments are made under any circumstances.
Organise team games, or entertainment programme which involves all the members attending, always encourage all even the looser, be a sport. Select team builders from the members and make them captain of any event you want to organise, they will bring team spirit automatically while playing the game.
Catering can be outsourced, ensure food should be of common menu for veg and non veg, the same can be selected before hand by floating a circular before departure for the outing. It will be better if the thing is cooked at the place of outing. All other amenities is also to be worked out like plenty of drinking water,cold drinks, snacks etc.
After the outing take feedback from each and all and note down their suggestions and advises, the bad experience and the good and improve more in the next outing.
Regards
From India, Delhi
Hi,
For different classes of employees, who have to split the outing and accordingly plan. Even if you take 350 employees, split them in four batch, you can name the four batches (as houses are named in school), organise events between them, it will bring team spirit.
You can also give prizes batch wise for events kept.
Regards
From India, Delhi
For different classes of employees, who have to split the outing and accordingly plan. Even if you take 350 employees, split them in four batch, you can name the four batches (as houses are named in school), organise events between them, it will bring team spirit.
You can also give prizes batch wise for events kept.
Regards
From India, Delhi
I agree, whole-heartedly.
Let it be just a picnic or an outing...... for a breath of fresh air.... with no hidden agenda of team building or training.
The employees will be grateful and the free mingling will promote bonding.
Let these be the moments that employees cherish forever; and that finds place in their personal albums.
Let the Chief Fun Officer and his team, create some fun without playing 'big brother'
Regards.
From India, Delhi
1426Let it be just a picnic or an outing...... for a breath of fresh air.... with no hidden agenda of team building or training.
The employees will be grateful and the free mingling will promote bonding.
Let these be the moments that employees cherish forever; and that finds place in their personal albums.
Let the Chief Fun Officer and his team, create some fun without playing 'big brother'
Regards.
From India, Delhi
Well Som, Good that you are not aware of the realities.
The Indian labour scenario is somewhat like an ant's colony.
Those in the sweat-shop like 'worker ants' are the 'workers' - female/male with little education, no or minimal ambitions.
'Staff' is another category like the 'warrior ants' who are like slave-drivers and, resourceful and educated; who devise ways and means to extract labour most productively.
Managerial staff or management is still a higher echelon; who are busy with activities studied in detail first by Peter Drucker.
Sorry to paint a grim picture.
Regards.
From India, Delhi
The Indian labour scenario is somewhat like an ant's colony.
Those in the sweat-shop like 'worker ants' are the 'workers' - female/male with little education, no or minimal ambitions.
'Staff' is another category like the 'warrior ants' who are like slave-drivers and, resourceful and educated; who devise ways and means to extract labour most productively.
Managerial staff or management is still a higher echelon; who are busy with activities studied in detail first by Peter Drucker.
Sorry to paint a grim picture.
Regards.
From India, Delhi
Hi Som
Being in Australia that too WA, I could clearly support, what Ash Mathew has pointed out is not only a scenario in India.
The other thing is I can certainly point out from my personal experience many employees that too Indians who are enjoying salary above AU$106k per annum plus perks or you may say fringe benefits and other allowances which may amount to more than you can get being a consultant from a particular company before or after tax.
Also all of the employees (FTE or part time) do receive perks or fringe benefits with or without salary sacrifice.
Som you said you are a management consultant and arent you aware of these benefits existing in Australia.
Regards
Liz
From Australia, Adelaide
Being in Australia that too WA, I could clearly support, what Ash Mathew has pointed out is not only a scenario in India.
The other thing is I can certainly point out from my personal experience many employees that too Indians who are enjoying salary above AU$106k per annum plus perks or you may say fringe benefits and other allowances which may amount to more than you can get being a consultant from a particular company before or after tax.
Also all of the employees (FTE or part time) do receive perks or fringe benefits with or without salary sacrifice.
Som you said you are a management consultant and arent you aware of these benefits existing in Australia.
Regards
Liz
From Australia, Adelaide
Thanks Liz. Yes, I do live in WA, USA.
And yes, employees have benefits - health care, 401K, bonus (some companies), stock options/awards, fitness programs, you name it. Base salary plus perks is the "cost to company" per employee. At least in the US, I can speak with certainty, the cost to company of an hourly contractor/consultant is typically twice to three times more than that of a full time employee, and if you take into account the overtime paid to the hourly workers (no overtime for employees), the cost to company skyrockets. This is the reason why when a company really wants to control costs, contract workers are first to go.
The comparison is between contractors and full time employees within the same grade of employment (e.g., a Developer Grade II – Contractor Vs. Employee). Therefore, if an employee is making $106K (plus 20% C to C) per year, an hourly contractor in the same grade at the same company would be billing at around $100 to $150 per hour ($208K to $312K per year).
That said, the current economic times, the ever increasing supply of workforce, and the desperation among the jobseekers to find gainful employment has brought down the contractor rates significantly in the past year. What used to be a $75/hour contract is now fetching $35 to $45/hour.
Oh well. I believe we have moved far away from the topic of this post. However, this is an interesting discussion and an opportunity to learn perspectives and realities. If you want to continue, we can take this offline from this post to a private discussion.
Thanks for your thoughts.
Best regards,
--Som G
From United States, Woodinville
And yes, employees have benefits - health care, 401K, bonus (some companies), stock options/awards, fitness programs, you name it. Base salary plus perks is the "cost to company" per employee. At least in the US, I can speak with certainty, the cost to company of an hourly contractor/consultant is typically twice to three times more than that of a full time employee, and if you take into account the overtime paid to the hourly workers (no overtime for employees), the cost to company skyrockets. This is the reason why when a company really wants to control costs, contract workers are first to go.
The comparison is between contractors and full time employees within the same grade of employment (e.g., a Developer Grade II – Contractor Vs. Employee). Therefore, if an employee is making $106K (plus 20% C to C) per year, an hourly contractor in the same grade at the same company would be billing at around $100 to $150 per hour ($208K to $312K per year).
That said, the current economic times, the ever increasing supply of workforce, and the desperation among the jobseekers to find gainful employment has brought down the contractor rates significantly in the past year. What used to be a $75/hour contract is now fetching $35 to $45/hour.
Oh well. I believe we have moved far away from the topic of this post. However, this is an interesting discussion and an opportunity to learn perspectives and realities. If you want to continue, we can take this offline from this post to a private discussion.
Thanks for your thoughts.
Best regards,
--Som G
From United States, Woodinville
Hi Som
Thank you for your reply.
So now our topic of discussion is Employee Vs Contract Employee, but it is a fact that you have pointed out that, inorder to control costs to Company, the contract employees are the first ones to go.
But you have to note that contract employees are not eligible for the many a permanent benefits that a full time or part time employee enjoys like Superannuation, stock options etc.
Its quiet unbelievable for me to believe based on my personal experience that contract employees do receive ($208K to $312K per year),unless you have authored few books and have many big Giants to your credit.
Where as there are employees who earn the above mentioned salary being an Full Time Employee (for eg; Project Director), but there are also employees who earn a minimum wage starting from AU$14.67 per hour.
Please note that this is only a professional discussion to enlighten us with the facts prevailing in the current scenario.
Regards
Liz
From Australia, Adelaide
Thank you for your reply.
So now our topic of discussion is Employee Vs Contract Employee, but it is a fact that you have pointed out that, inorder to control costs to Company, the contract employees are the first ones to go.
But you have to note that contract employees are not eligible for the many a permanent benefits that a full time or part time employee enjoys like Superannuation, stock options etc.
Its quiet unbelievable for me to believe based on my personal experience that contract employees do receive ($208K to $312K per year),unless you have authored few books and have many big Giants to your credit.
Where as there are employees who earn the above mentioned salary being an Full Time Employee (for eg; Project Director), but there are also employees who earn a minimum wage starting from AU$14.67 per hour.
Please note that this is only a professional discussion to enlighten us with the facts prevailing in the current scenario.
Regards
Liz
From Australia, Adelaide
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