Why adopt the flexible benefits model in the home office?

With the pandemic, countless companies were forced to implement the remote working model. For many of them, the change is here to stay, but with it, it was (or will be) also necessary to make some adaptations. One of them is directly related to home office benefits, that is, the incentive package that organisations offer their employees. 

With this reinvention and rediscovery of work models, we realize that not everything that works in the face-to-face has the same effectiveness in the remote. Facing the need for change is a priority to maintain employee satisfaction, so today you will learn:

• why implement the flexible home office benefits model;
• how to implement in your company. 

Benefits in home office: adapting to a new reality

According to a survey conducted by the Foundation Institute of Administration (FIA), 46% of all companies in Brazil that worked in person have adopted the remote working model over the pandemic. 

This means that practically half of the organisations in our country have completely transformed the way they have worked, often for years on end. It is undeniable that with big changes, big adaptations are required. 

This is exactly the trigger to talk about the need to rethink the way in which benefit baskets are offered to employees of the most diverse companies. 

Let's use as a basis the traditional meal voucher benefit, generally used for lunchtime meals in restaurants around the company in question. How do you know if it makes sense for an employee who works from home to receive a benefit that only works for those who eat at restaurants?

To contemplate the largest number of employee profiles, a flexible benefits model is the best way out. This way, you can offer that person a certain amount for food, but that can be spent in delivery, market, or in the restaurant itself, if that is their preference. 

>>> Read also: How to set up a good benefits plan for the home office model

Besides, the person is no longer hostage of the VR flag in question, which is not always accepted in all establishments. 

When we talk about flexible benefits in home office, Alymente, for example, has a Mastercard card, accepted in more than 2 million establishments in Brazil. 

And this was an example that deals only with meal vouchers, but it also works for transport, health, education, culture benefits, among others. There are countless possibilities to adapt to the profile of your company's employees and their specific needs. 

To find out more about how they work, learn about 5 advantages about flexible benefits. 

How to implement in the company?

Now that you understand why it is so important to adopt the flexible home office benefits model, Alymente will tell you how to implement this type of system in your company. 

It is important to remember that flexible benefits were born to help companies in their day-to-day operations and make processes practical, fast and assertive. For this reason, everything works in a simple and intuitive way. 

All employee management and the hiring of benefits is carried out on the platform itself. Therefore, once hired, all you need to do is register all the employees of the organisation. You can define fixed balances in benefits, enable only those you want and request cards, all from the platform itself. 

Want to understand more about implementing flexible benefits in the home office? Contact us for more details!