It holds an annual employee luncheon and is planning other rewards, including pedicures. They need to be recognized. They do matter. They do count. We are where we are because of their efforts.
Some programs are quite imaginative.
Take the California Public Employees' Retirement System and its rock. They are, if you will, the foundation of our organization. These are solid performers. The smooth, oblong rock, mounted on a walnut base, is passed from deserving employee to deserving employee. The latest receivers are Rebecca Groner and Diane Morono, in-house trainers in the CalPERS information technology services division.