5 tips for an original end-of-year gift

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It's almost that time of year already! The time of glittering Christmas lights, Christmas sweater day at the office and the time when you can surprise your employees with an original end-of-year gift.But maybe that's where the shoe pinches? You would like to do something different, but you have no inspiration at all?

We would like to give you some tips to show your employees that you appreciate their efforts. In these tough times, connecting with each other is more important than ever and a nice gift can help. This year, go for an original and wholesome year-end gift that gets the message to your employees right. Give them a heartfelt thank you and make the connection with your team members ironclad.

1. Let’s get personal

With a standard, impersonal gift, you're actually giving the wrong message. It makes it seem as if your employees are not important enough.

Choose a gift with a personal message, so that your employees really feel appreciated. For example, you can add a personalized card to JustBite's boxes, so your team members feel immediately addressed when they open their box.

Getting a gift with a personal message attached makes all the difference, doesn't it?

2. Branded experience

With all the work-at-home work over the past few months, it's hard for employees to feel connected to their employer. Give them a useful and convenient gift with the company's logo to make them feel reconnected with their employer.

Strong employer branding can seriously boost your employees' engagement, involvement and job happiness. The end-of-year gift is a great way to reconnect your employees with the company's unique values and culture.

We'd like to give you some concrete ideas for branded gifts here!

• A trendy, ecological drink can with the company's logo helps your employees get to a sufficient water intake each day. But it also gives them that feeling of being part of the company community with every sip
• Wireless earbuds with your company's logo so phone walking meetings become as easy as pie
• A branded fidget cube to help all those creative ideas flow during the next brainstorming session
• Your own company quest game: a game box with your company as the setting. How cool is that?
• A personalized box full of healthy snacks customized and in your corporate identity

3. Healthy 

Who says you have to shower your employees with packages full of chips, candy and alcoholic beverages for a successful end-of-year gift? Choose a healthy alternative and let your employees feel that you not only appreciate them but also care about their health and well-being. Don't go for words but actions and wish your employees good health in the new year by sending them a healthy gift.

Taking small steps together to start living healthier every day can be motivating to fully commit to a healthier lifestyle. And healthy people are happy people. Give your employees that first push with a healthy gift.

JustBite's snack boxes as end-of-year gifts are guaranteed to surprise your employees and make them enjoy deliciously healthy. Plus, they are customizable and include tips for healthy breaks at work. Go for healthy this year, because health is more important than ever.

4. Out of the box

Step off the beaten path and opt for something other than that eternal bottle of champagne or wine. Think out of the box for a while. Your employees will be surprised and the gift will definitely not miss its effect, because they were already expecting another bottle of champagne, yay 😉 .

Give them a gift that is fun and unexpected and make sure you stand out as an employer this year. How about cinema tickets now that we can get back outside or a wellness moment so your employees can recharge their batteries. Let your imagination run wild and make your employees really happy this year.

Or think literally in the box and give them a snack box full of responsible treats for a healthy break. JustBite got you covered!

5. Do something together

With more activities allowed again, a fun team-building activity as an end-of-year gift can do wonders for your employees' team spirit and well-being. It doesn't always have to be a physical gift. Getting out and about together can definitely count as a gift, too!

Spark some healthy competitiveness and fun with a tour of electric go-karts and treat your employees to a healthy snack during the break! Or head out together for some great team building: have fun at a percussion workshop or go for a game of laser clay pigeon shooting!

The winner will of course receive eternal glory on your wall of fame at the office!

So go for a very successful end-of-year period and treat your employees to a fun end-of-year gift that they won't soon forget.

Discover our year-end gifts.