Blog Post: Making Work Fun

Work is work and fun is fun right?  When you say work is fun people act surprised.  They consider those terms to be mutually exclusive, an oxymoron, like touching the wrong side of two magnets together.  You get the point.  I’m lucky to be with a company that challenges this notion and has created a company culture where people consider work to be fun!  Wow!

Someday we’ll write a book and be famous like the authors of Fish!  Until then we’re focused on our goal of connecting  local employers with local job seekers.    I will say however, that having this shared goal amongst all employees is the first step toward making Jobing.com a fun place to work.

Most of us in the HR world know of the Fish! Philosophy.  If you don’t, look into it soon.  It’s a great story.  Take a few minutes to rethink their 4 basic principles and how you can positively affect the morale in your workplace.

1.        Play

2.        Make Their Day

3.        Be There

4.        Choose Your Attitude

Make work fun.  Increase employee engagement.  Improve productivity.   Increase profitability.  Become a more successful organization.