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Courseload: When a new hire starts, we play the game “Three
Truths & a Lie” to learn more about the new employee.
DSM Coating Resins: Glass half-full week: only positive
comments are allowed to colleagues.
Formstack: Every Friday, we hold a group ping pong match.
The winner gets to pick the free lunch for the following Friday.
FORUM Credit Union: “Hula on the Hill” gathered our
employees on a grassy knoll for 30 minutes to hula hoop
during the summer months. It encouraged core strength, cross
departmental bonding and a lot of laughter.
Hosparus: Our Grief Counseling Center hosts a “calming
practices” session, which incorporates deep breathing exercises
to relieve stress.
Interactive Intelligence: Annually, employees decorate the
third floor as a haunted house. The first and second floors are
child-friendly with tattoo artists and games. Employees bring
their families the Friday before Halloween to enjoy the festivities.
Matrix Integration: The weekly Restroom Review is posted in
every restroom and includes informative flyers, casual workplace
humor, “Get to Know Your Co-worker” profiles, healthy tips
for the current season, and local or company news.
The Skillman Corporation: “Raising” the IU flag for an
awarded project among a staff of predominately Purdue
University alums.
Tower Bank & Trust Company: We have contests where
team members can throw a pie in the face of a senior leader,
shoot basketballs in our lobby; also, training and team building
activities such as Dancing with the Tower Stars and many
opportunities to laugh.
Union Hospital: During Hospital Week and leadership
meetings, the wellness and employee satisfaction teams held
flash mobs complete with dancing and music.
United Consulting: Staff organized a Mustache Monday event
to determine who gets bragging rights for the best or most
creative mustache in the company.
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Schmidt Associates: Some of our standing traditions are
an annual picnic in the park, chili cook-off, ice cream social,
Halloween costume contest (the Star Trek team won the
2012 event), Moose Trek and Biggest Loser weight loss
competitions.
WOW! Internet, Cable and Phone: An annual summer
event gives employees three hours off of work to enjoy a
meal, games and the chance to win days off, cash and
prizes totaling $4,500.
Slingshot SEO: Slingshot’s company holiday party offers a
casino night to employees; other yearly events include an
ice cream social, pumpkin carving, ugly sweater contest
and pancake breakfasts.
(As submitted on employee questionnaires)