It’s only been a month or so since the last time I posted about being given a gift for helping someone out. And I’ve come into the office today to more alcohol-free beer, a card, and some flowers from someone else in the operations team.
I should be sharing the beers out because it’s the company, not just me, that does the things that help our people.
On a broader cultural level, we strive to be a business that supports our people to become the best they can be and that means many things, but it also involves being a flexible employer. However, to make flexibility work we’ve found that reciprocity is a core tenant of our culture—you get back what you put in. Otherwise, flexibility can morph into a culture of entitlement.
To avoid a culture of entitlement and nurture a flexible company, our recruitment focuses on selecting people who share our values and are prepared to support the business, our business partners, and ultimately our customers. And that is evident from expressions of gratitude when we do help our people out.
We really do have an amazing bunch of people at QDOS.