Micro-bonus | Should you tip your colleagues?

For many years, it has been common courtesy to tip restaurant servers, hotel cleaners or even taxi drivers if they have provided you with a high-level of service.

But, what was once confined to the activities enjoyed outside of work seems to have migrated over into the employment world. One which has been termed ‘peer-to-peer tipping’.

According to the BBC, “peer-to-peer micro bonuses” are the process of tipping colleagues for doing a good job and it seems that this is becoming more common in UK businesses. Contrary to what you might think, employees aren’t expected to dig deep into their own pockets. The tip money comes from a designated company budget that is allocated to employees.

One boss spearheading this movement is Becky Thornton. As a UK boss, she has recently introduced this initiative that allocates a budget to workers for tipping colleagues’ small amounts of money when they have produced good work.