My husband often tells me that whilst his salary could be better, his benefit package is very good and therefore an incentive, amongst others, to stay in his current company. I would have argued quite ferociously on that point until very recently. If it wasn’t extra money on our joined bank account for shoes, holidays or kids’ treats, then what was the excitement about?

So why did I come to change my mind? Have I matured? Hopefully I have! But the realisation came when several ‘business’ customers pushed the door of the Academy in recent weeks, all very eager to learn to speak or at least get by in a  foreign language. They came from different industries, and wanted to approach a different foreign language but all had in mind the same goal: being more productive whilst doing business abroad.

They mentioned their inability to create close rapport with their colleagues and felt ill at ease in an environment where the language was unknown. They all, without exception, explained that whether they went to sell a product or service or work with branch offices in Paris, Madrid, Rome or Berlin… They all wanted ‘to be part of the same gang’. Continue reading “NEW TANGIBLE EMPLOYEES BENEFITS” »