You Day

The month of November, like the last few, has been extremely busy!

The BHR crew have thrown their support behind Movember, as well as introducing our first “You Day” for our team members.
 
“You Day” is an initiative of our team members where everyone is able to take a Friday afternoon off and do something for themselves that they may not otherwise take time out to do.  A wide range of activities were undertaken including boxing, massages, and family days. A group of us also got together to make meals to give to FREE meals with love Bunbury region.  We love to help out where we can, and it was great to see our team get behind this wonderful cause.
 
Each team member was given a budget for their day and any remaining funds were donated to our Movember fundraising. The “You Days” were very well received by all.
 
We want our team to love working at BHR Papalia, and we are continuously working on improving our workplace culture. We feel that if our team love what they do, this will give our clients the best service and experience possible.
 
We have a culture of workplace wellbeing: we are like a big family and everyone cares for each other and their families. “You Day” is just an extension of this.

The main goals for the introduction of our “You Days” are:

• Workplace wellbeing – time out to refresh and relax after what has been a very busy few months here at BHR Papalia. It is all about reducing stress and increasing overall work satisfaction.

 

• A lot of research has been conducted on four day working weeks, and it is proven that they result in higher productivity, lower stress levels and happier lives! A firm in New Zealand recently made a policy of 30 hour weeks with pay equivalent to 37.5 hours – resulting in significant increases in worker productivity, work-life balance, team building, greater innovations, employee satisfaction and their bottom line actually improved. Sounds great to us!

 

• As a reward for the team – everyone here has really gone above and beyond their roles this financial year and it has been awesome to see the growth in individuals.

 

• Challenging the status quo – a lot of the time we get stuck on the history of employment and working weeks. We are a firm that is flexible with our staff and there is no doubt this helps moral and team wellbeing in our workplace.

 

• Giving back to the community – it was great to see the team give to the community and raise funds for Movember.​ 

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Going boxing: Kellie Smith and Nichelle Byfield

Reon Tither, Vicki Wilson, Clarin Headley, and Kiko Willers cooked up 85 meals to give to Free Meals With Love Bunbury Region. 

Liina Kalmet took her partner Ric out to lunch. They visited Bunbury tourist spots they’d never been to before, including the museum and heritage centre.