Work for food: pizza from the company motivates workers better surcharges

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What rewards do people consider best after a productive day at the office? A small cash bonus, a compliment from the chef or a free pizza?

This may seem unexpected, but people actually prefer pizza to praise and money.

A free piece of delicious cheese and tomato dough is a great incentive at the beginning of the work week, evidenced by a new study, but ultimately the phrase "Well done!" Still went to the top.

The workplace motivation study was conducted by world renowned psychology professor Dan Ariely from Duke University.

At the beginning of the week, he told the factory workers in Israel that they could choose the type of reward for their productive work for each day. One group was promised a bonus of about $ 30, the other - praise from the boss (“Well done!”) At the end of the week, the third group - free pizza, and the fourth nothing.

The results of the experiment turned out to be such that at the beginning of the week free pizza was leading as a motivation: labor productivity in the group that chose this reward increased by 6,7% compared to the control group. While the opportunity to hear a compliment from the boss increased the productivity of workers by 6,6%.

It is curious that the monetary stimulus ranked third, in this group labor productivity increased by only 4,9%. Only by the end of the week, the prospect of receiving a cash bonus led to a performance increase of up to 6,5%.

At the end of the experiment, the winner was still praise from the boss. Free pizza ranked second, while the control group was in third place in terms of productivity. Money remained outside the factors that give additional motivation.

As the study leader noted, the main conclusion that can be made is that people love praise and gratitude the most.

“External motivation factors may lose their meaning at some point. For example, your cash bonus will be quickly spent, and the new title will not be so important when you receive it. Only the feeling that other people value what you are doing stays for a long time and makes you happy, ”Dan Ariely concluded.

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