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Tips to keep staff motivated over the upcoming Christmas period

Tips to keep staff motivated over the upcoming Christmas period

31% of Londoner’s feel least motivated at Christmas, over any other time of year.

The supposedly 'most wonderful time of the year', sees engagement, interest, and enthusiasm plummet across both full- and part-time employees - research from Sodexo Benefits and Rewards Services, conducted by OnePoll, found.

It appears that advent calendars aren’t enough to keep employee morale up, as Christmas took the top spot at draining motivation, compared with New Year’s Eve and other events.

Rather than giving in and bringing out the mulled wine too early, Sodexo found that one way to keep staff engagement up was through incentives.

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