Adding an incentive-based pay program

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So what do they get in return?

Of course, every company offers its employees a paycheck, but what other incentives do you give them for helping make your company what it is?

Louisville, Ohio-based Enviroscapes created an incentive-based pay program for field crews to reward them for their role in the company.

“The whole thought process behind it is we want to reward good behavior,” says Todd Pugh, founder and CEO of Enviroscapes. “We want to reward excellence.”

The program – referred to as the Green Bucks Incentive – was rolled out nearly two years ago, and it has seen positive feedback from the company’s crews. Instead of incentivizing individuals, though, the company decided to do it by branch/department.

The company currently has six departments in the program: four maintenance departments, a landscape department and a utility department.

Read the full story from the May issue here.