Emotional benefits that truly boost your team’s engagement
Assess the programme using your own data and recipients’ responses. We do not present customer results or retention improvements as a guarantee.
Request package proposal View corporate basketsWhy functional benefits no longer differentiate (and emotional ones do)
Fifteen years ago, offering private health insurance was a differentiator. Ten years ago, offering on-site daycare was. Five years ago, offering flexible hours. Today all those benefits are commoditized: any company your size offers them. They have gone from being a reason to stay to a market condition.
What continues to differentiate is what cannot be easily commoditized: timely care in personal moments. When an employee has a child, suffers a loss, returns from leave, or reaches 5 years at the company, the company’s practices at that moment are noticed. And they are noticed because most companies don’t have them formalized.
Emotional benefits don’t compete on "insurance size" or "ticket euros." They compete on memorability. And memorability wins retention at 18 months.
The "birth gift" component of the emotional package
Four formats that work in B2B emotional benefits programs:
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Personalized Children's Tableware 7 Items
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Muslin Set, Personalized Pacifier Clip, Teether, and Comb
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Other emotional package components that pair well
Birth Gift
The most measurable and replicable. Concrete action at a highly emotional life milestone.
Employee Birthday Day Off
Low cost, high perception. Combines well with the birth gift as a systemic "care policy."
Confidential psychological support
Access to 5-10 psychology sessions per year, paid by the company. For some staff, worth more than a raise.
Extended bereavement leave
Beyond legal (1-2 days). Policy of "mourning needs time, don’t rush to return." Low cost, very high perception.
Frequently asked questions
What is the most cost-effective component of an emotional package?
By cost/impact ratio, the corporate birth gift. It has high emotional salience, clear replicability, predictable cost, and traceable metrics. "Continuous" components (day off, psychological support) have sustained impact but are less memorable per case.
What is the minimum staff size that makes formalizing an emotional package worthwhile?
Assess the programme using your own data and recipients’ responses. We do not present customer results or retention improvements as a guarantee.
What about emotional benefits in companies with multicultural staff?
They should be adapted to local culture. Bereavement leave varies greatly by culture (3 days in Spain, 7 in some Asian countries). The birth gift, however, works almost universally. Specific components are adjusted.
Are there comparative studies between emotional and fiscal packages?
MIT Sloan study (2022) on Fortune 500: companies with formalized emotional packages have 23% less turnover than peers with only equivalent fiscal packages. Comparable data in European studies (Eurofound, Eurostat).
How to communicate the package without sounding like cheap marketing?
Not advertised on social media or career pages. Mentioned in candidate offers and demonstrated with visible cases. Authenticity is earned through silent repetition, not campaigns.
Let's design the missing component for your package
If your benefits package is maxed out and you need to activate the emotional side, this is one of the components with the greatest impact per euro. Let's talk.
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