#scratchoffsafety

So that post was me just saying hi and introducing our company to you.  I really want to be giving you a tip for the week.  This is it: scratch off cards as employee incentives.

One of the areas we specialize in is employee incentive programs and safety contests.  These programs work because they are all about instant recognition and rewarding positive behaviors.  Employees are awarded a scratch off card whenever their manager witnesses them doing something positive or going above and beyond what's expected.  Cards can also be awarded for reaching a sales quota, exceeding quota, being injury-free for a week, spending extra time with a client, having perfect attendance for a week, having a positive attitude, etc.  -- whatever behaviors you're looking to encourage or issues you want to improve, is what you reward. Because your employees are immediately rewarded and recognized for their behavior, it acts as a positive reinforcement.  Winning prizes can range from cash to a paid half day off to logo items from your company.   The non-winning cards can be collected and entered into a drawing.

One great example of how scratch off cards have been used to improve employee awareness in the workplace is Whiting's Foods Star Card.  This is a scratch off incentive program where employees are handed a scratch off card when their manager witnesses them doing something good.  Instead of spending their budget on an end of the season party for their employees, they use some of their budget on scratch off cards where they can be used throughout the season.  Whiting's Foods employees have responded so favorably to this program and it has made such a positive impact that the Star Card program won 1st place by the International Amusement Park Association.

What is the Star Card Scratch Off Program?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlMX8oSP8Gc

In the video above, Ken Whiting talks with MSNBC about how to motivate a workforce. He took the budget Whiting's Foods would have normally spent throwing an end of the year party and instead spent it on Star Cards that are used daily.  The employees didn't have to wait 12 months to be rewarded anymore; instead, now some of them received scratch off cards weekly or even daily!  Whenever the employees were seen by a manager doing something positive, they were rewarded on the spot with a scratch off card.  Their behaviors and attitudes changed quickly.  Employees became motivated, energized, and aware of workplace safety.  As a result, the company became more productive and profitable. Scratch off cards work.  

For more information, you can visit our website and read other case studies showing how scratch off cards have been used as employee incentives and safety programs: