1) There has been a large increase in the amount of attention companies are giving to the happiness of their employees. Research has shown that happy employees affect the productivity of the company. (1)___ The big question is how to put this knowledge into practice and create better (and happier) workplaces. a) A Another famous company, Zappos, is one of the only companies in the world to make its new workers a special offer. b) B Lunchtime should be time shared by colleagues, with entertainment provided by the company. c) C A happy employee means a happy customer and a happy customer means more business. d) D Modern practice encourages celebrating company successes and praising personal achievements. e) E Their investments range from installing slides for employees to travel between floors, minigolf and pool tables for quick, relaxing breaks and specially designed consulting spaces. 2) better (and happier) workplaces. Big companies like Google and Pixar have made the headlines with their extreme approaches to improving the physical aspects of the workplace. (2)___One famous meeting room is shaped like an egg, with the interior covered completely in whiteboard material so that people can write all over the walls, floor and ceilings! Pixar famously allows its employees to travel around the offices on rollerblades for speed and fun! a) A Another famous company, Zappos, is one of the only companies in the world to make its new workers a special offer. b) B Lunchtime should be time shared by colleagues, with entertainment provided by the company c) C A happy employee means a happy customer and a happy customer means more business. d) D Modern practice encourages celebrating company successes and praising personal achievements. e) E Their investments range from installing slides for employees to travel between floors, minigolf and pool tables for quick, relaxing breaks and specially designed consulting spaces. 3) As well as making the office a more fun place to work, employers are using other methods to encourage positive thinking amongst their workers. It is now accepted that yearly appraisals should focus on the positive rather than the negative aspects of an employee’s performance and more should be done to use a person’s strengths to help the workforce than to try to improve weaknesses. (3 )___One company actually starts meetings with a two-minute activity where people tell each other what they are most proud of having done that day a) A Another famous company, Zappos, is one of the only companies in the world to make its new workers a special offer. b) B Lunchtime should be time shared by colleagues, with entertainment provided by the company c) C A happy employee means a happy customer and a happy customer means more business. d) D Modern practice encourages celebrating company successes and praising personal achievements. e) E Their investments range from installing slides for employees to travel between floors, minigolf and pool tables for quick, relaxing breaks and specially designed consulting spaces. 4) To improve staff morale companies are also encouraged to hire people who are naturally happy, not grumpy or negative. Happiness is contagious but unhappiness is even more so. (4) ___ If, during their probation month, they find that they are not completely happy working for the company, they are given a large amount of money to quit! This ensures that only truly content workers stay with the company. a) A Another famous company, Zappos, is one of the only companies in the world to make its new workers a special offer. b) B Lunchtime should be time shared by colleagues, with entertainment provided by the company c) C A happy employee means a happy customer and a happy customer means more business. d) D Modern practice encourages celebrating company successes and praising personal achievements. e) E Their investments range from installing slides for employees to travel between floors, minigolf and pool tables for quick, relaxing breaks and specially designed consulting spaces.

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