The Fresh Start I Needed - Anonymous employee American Institute For Foreign Study Employee Review

Thank you for taking the time to share your review! We are happy to be providing a fresh start and we truly believe that having a hard working but happy team is the key to our success. Sometime we do hear that some employees would prefer few work functions. Doing the math, eliminating the cost of social functions and sharing that cost divided by the number of employees at the office would account for less than .25/hour per employee (with no variations for seniority/titles/work history/etc). Generally speaking we prefer to create opportunities for our employees to take a break, meet other employees and bond than remove all the events and give a small one time raise which would easily be forgotten over time. Hopefully in the future you will either find some events that you enjoy or at least understand that our benefits package is geared towards trying to provide "something" for everyone and with nearly 400 permanent employees on payroll that means you will like some but not all. If you have ideas for a fun event you might enjoy please contact HR or the Social Committee. We would LOVE to hear from you. Lastly.....I'm a little surprised that a 40 hour week would be preferable to a 35 hour work week. Working 35 hours gives you 5 more hours per week to "live life" outside the office. It is one more "perk" that we enjoy as part of our culture and we hope that it helps employees find a bit more balance in their lives.