The Pros & Cons of Company-Wide Vacations
Have you ever had a company-wide vacation? No, we’re not asking if you and the rest of the team have all boarded the same plane to Italy – we’re asking if you and the team have ever taken paid time off simultaneously to recharge. Like so many other workplace evolutions of the 21st century, company-wide […]
You’ve Changed Your Workplace. Have You Changed it Too Much?
The theme of the 2020s, as far as work is concerned, has been “change”. The pandemic changed the way we communicate with our coworkers, as well as changed the very location millions of people worked from. Beyond the great work-from-home shift, though, plenty of other elements of the workplace have been flipped upside down. Teams […]
HelloTeam Receives $10 Million Series A from Paychex Founder Tom Golisano!
We are excited to announce that HelloTeam has received a $10 million dollar Series A funding round led by none other than Paychex founder Tom Golisano and his investment firm Grand Oaks Capital! Golisano, a billionaire who holds investments in companies such as Kodak and 3M, felt that HelloTeam was a company that deserved a […]
Should Childless Employees Get Extra PTO?
Have you ever heard of that Japanese company that started an initiative to give non-smokers six extra days off of work a year to make up for all the smoking breaks that they don’t get to have throughout their workdays? Well, a similar sentiment has been floating around some companies here in the States, but […]
How Much Should You Spend on Employee Rewards?
Budgeting for rewards and culture is a sort of myth – you need to spend what you need to spend to get the most out of your people.
Should You Reward Standard Work or Extra Work?
Rewards and classical conditioning are some of the first things you learn about in psychology; giving positive reinforcement for a job well done increases someone’s motivation and positive association with that task. Years later, though, it doesn’t feel like employees in a company are as easily swayed as the experimentees we learned about in school… […]
Why Every Generation is Important to Your Workplace
A workforce that finds success in diversity doesn’t only accept all races and genders – it accepts every generation. Having a wide range of ages on your team is a fantastic way to utilize a varying set of strengths to reach higher heights and hear new perspectives. The modern workforce is currently made up of […]
HelloTeam – A Platform Overview
ChatGPT Raps About Zoom Meetings
We’ve been having ChatGPT answer plenty of questions about human resources – but can it rap about it? We asked the AI to write its own rap about working from home and attending video meetings and, well, here’s what happened…
AI on HR – Episode 6: “What is HelloTeam?”
ChatGPT knows everything, but does it know what HelloTeam does? Let’s see what happens when we ask the AI, “What is HelloTeam?”!