| The use of employee discount programs as a tool for | | | | with access to a web portal that they can use to |
| recruiting, retaining, and motivating top employee talent | | | | efficiently search merchants and discounts. |
| is becoming increasingly common among corporations. | | | | Another benefit to corporations of outsourcing the |
| As the costs of healthcare and other common | | | | provision of discounts for employees is that leading |
| benefits continue to rise, some companies have had to | | | | service providers generally maintain relationships with |
| look for more cost effective ways to attract and | | | | hundreds of leading merchants and brands. This |
| retain good employees. More and more, organizations | | | | means they can provide the broadest range of |
| see that the value of offering employee discounts to | | | | merchants and products and the deepest discounts. |
| workers for products they buy anyway is as good as | | | | Some merchants offer employee discounts of up to |
| that offered by any other incentive program available. | | | | 50 percent of regular price on certain products and |
| Corporate discount programs are designed to provide | | | | services. This ability to select from a large assortment |
| employees of a company access to great corporate | | | | of deals gives greater value to the corporate incentive |
| perks for products they normally buy. The solutions | | | | programs from the perspective of employees. |
| are good for corporate reputation and employee | | | | During times when fuel and consumer prices are |
| retention and motivation because they are generally | | | | relatively high, the ability to save hundreds, or |
| customized for the specific corporation. While some | | | | thousands of dollars, simply by working for a particular |
| merchants work with many corporations to offer | | | | employer, might be enticing for some employees. |
| discounts, the unique blend of deals and providers | | | | Additionally, the programs suggest to employees that |
| offered by a company give it an advantage over | | | | they are appreciated, and important to their employer. |
| competing employers. | | | | Employees are happy to brag to friends and family |
| The benefits to the end user, or the employee, are | | | | about corporate perks that make their job or company |
| really what drive the success of this effective | | | | seem more reputable. |
| corporate perk. Recognizing this, many employers turn | | | | Employees are entering the workforce more |
| over the development and implementation of their | | | | demanding than ever that employers care about them |
| employee discount program to a specialized service | | | | as people and take care of them. With the |
| provider. There are some leading companies that build | | | | opportunities to find cost-effective, value-added, and |
| customized employee discount solutions tailored to the | | | | efficient to use discount programs, it is no surprise that |
| desires of each corporation. Top solution builders use | | | | corporations are moving quick to add this employee |
| the latest technology to actually provide employees | | | | perk to their benefits packages. |