I recently read an article on Inc.com about Tony Hsieh entitled WHY I SOLD ZAPPOS. In the article, Tony mentions the board thinking that employee happiness is nice for PR but his “social experiments” weren’t as important as moving the business forward or profits. Think about that as you read this article…

In the current economy, employee appreciation and celebration is not often seen. Some would argue that this appreciation is equally unappreciated by the workforce. An easy argument to make when many supervisors and employers have a hard time justifying celebrations much less extra perks to recognize people in this economy.