Ideas for Maintenance Appreciation

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Heather Carter
6 years 6 months ago #20563 by Heather Carter
Ideas for Maintenance Appreciation was created by Heather Carter
Maintenance Appreciation ideas and go......
6 years 6 months ago #20563 by Heather Carter
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Bill Murphy
6 years 6 months ago #20564 by Bill Murphy
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Happy hour, Home Depot/Lowe’s gift card. Complete “x” amount of workorders in a week and take 1/2 day on Friday. Paid by the company
6 years 6 months ago #20564 by Bill Murphy
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Garret Andrasik
6 years 6 months ago #20565 by Garret Andrasik
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Flash lights , cordless drills, dinner gift cards, etc.... get to know your maintenance staff and they’ll tell you what they will enjoy or use!

I agree the paid time off will be appreciated as well.
6 years 6 months ago #20565 by Garret Andrasik
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James Kelly-Randall Gray
6 years 6 months ago #20566 by James Kelly-Randall Gray
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Get them a 5 and 1 from Home depot.
6 years 6 months ago #20566 by James Kelly-Randall Gray
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Stefanie Koslosky
6 years 6 months ago #20567 by Stefanie Koslosky
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We offer gas cards for those that have to commute!
6 years 6 months ago #20567 by Stefanie Koslosky
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Elizabeth Dean
6 years 6 months ago #20568 by Elizabeth Dean
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A good cup like yeti or similar that will hold ice water and keep it cool for summer!
6 years 6 months ago #20568 by Elizabeth Dean
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Amy L Turner
6 years 6 months ago #20569 by Amy L Turner
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A gift card to maintenance store of their choosing so they can get drill or tools of their choice. Given after a nice lunch
6 years 6 months ago #20569 by Amy L Turner
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Julie Curtis
6 years 6 months ago #20570 by Julie Curtis
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Have a BBQ for them!
6 years 6 months ago #20570 by Julie Curtis
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Stacy Potter
6 years 6 months ago #20571 by Stacy Potter
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And have the office staff do the cooking!
6 years 6 months ago #20571 by Stacy Potter
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Jen Morton Kemp
6 years 6 months ago #20572 by Jen Morton Kemp
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Car wash gift certificates. Yeti type cups with initials engraved
6 years 6 months ago #20572 by Jen Morton Kemp
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Shannon Gammie
6 years 6 months ago #20573 by Shannon Gammie
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Top golf for whole team
6 years 6 months ago #20573 by Shannon Gammie
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Lisa Gallinar
6 years 6 months ago #20574 by Lisa Gallinar
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Each summer we get them water bottles and put cooling towels, $$$, and goodies in them and each Maintenace person gets one
6 years 6 months ago #20574 by Lisa Gallinar
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Cindy Cason
6 years 6 months ago #20575 by Cindy Cason
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Check this out: MagnoGrip 311-090 Magnetic Wristband MagnoGrip www.amazon.com/dp/B000WU9LCQ/ref=cm_sw_r...wdb_t1_SXRgBbEDZW2MF
6 years 6 months ago #20575 by Cindy Cason
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Alvin Holmes Jr.
6 years 6 months ago #20576 by Alvin Holmes Jr.
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Have a Breakfast Appreciation event for maintenance. Maybe on a Friday.
6 years 6 months ago #20576 by Alvin Holmes Jr.
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Ed Glomb
6 years 6 months ago #20577 by Ed Glomb
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21 years on the industry and I’ve never experienced that, meaning a specific appreciation day
6 years 6 months ago #20577 by Ed Glomb
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Shelley Siem Lyden
6 years 6 months ago #20578 by Shelley Siem Lyden
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We did a lunch and asked residents for their testimonials.we also awarded a golden wrench, golden hammer, golden duck tape, and of course the golden fork! They truly enjoyed it.
6 years 6 months ago #20578 by Shelley Siem Lyden
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Kimberly Gorman
6 years 6 months ago #20579 by Kimberly Gorman
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A day off!
6 years 6 months ago #20579 by Kimberly Gorman
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Ashley Robinson
6 years 6 months ago #20580 by Ashley Robinson
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We did a pool luau party before the pool opened for the season and all the leasing chipped in on gifts and made the food.
6 years 6 months ago #20580 by Ashley Robinson
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Jennifer Walls
6 years 6 months ago #20581 by Jennifer Walls
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Keep a stock of cold Gatorade and water for them during the warmer months! It goes a long way and they’ll truly appreciate it. Offer to buy their lunch on a day when they are super busy. Schedule a night out with them and their families, maybe a baseball game or bowling challenge.
6 years 6 months ago #20581 by Jennifer Walls
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Jamescurtis Houston
6 years 6 months ago #20582 by Jamescurtis Houston
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Beer and hookers
6 years 6 months ago #20582 by Jamescurtis Houston
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Ryan Weis
6 years 6 months ago #20583 by Ryan Weis
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Tequila and tacos! At least that’s what I would want.
6 years 6 months ago #20583 by Ryan Weis
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Jennifer Devine
6 years 6 months ago #20584 by Jennifer Devine
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Not doing maintenance.
6 years 6 months ago #20584 by Jennifer Devine
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Donna Asdell
6 years 6 months ago #20585 by Donna Asdell
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Last year the company bought yeti type beverage cups and they were for maintenance only, big hit with the techs.
6 years 6 months ago #20585 by Donna Asdell
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Sherry Smith
6 years 6 months ago #20586 by Sherry Smith
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We are creating a brag board for maintenance team so that what our residents post on our sites is printed out and put in the board! One small thing we do
6 years 6 months ago #20586 by Sherry Smith
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Nancy Harper Casteel
6 years 6 months ago #20587 by Nancy Harper Casteel
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Something every day! Monday: Popsicles and ice cream. Tuesday: breakfast(take them somewhere for the first two hours of the day). Wednesday: have everyone on the team write letters to each maintenance saying why they are appreciated and give to them at team huddle. Thursday: potluck lunch provided by the office staff(or Order in, depends on budget) and Friday 1/2 day-team outing. Bowling or top golf.
6 years 6 months ago #20587 by Nancy Harper Casteel
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Dee Neuman
6 years 6 months ago #20588 by Dee Neuman
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I just bought my guys huge insulated water jugs and 8 cases of Gatorade
6 years 6 months ago #20588 by Dee Neuman
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Kara Ballard
6 years 6 months ago #20589 by Kara Ballard
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Top Golf
6 years 6 months ago #20589 by Kara Ballard
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Kara Ballard
6 years 6 months ago #20590 by Kara Ballard
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Casino theme party with casino tables
6 years 6 months ago #20590 by Kara Ballard
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Kristen Leigh Day
6 years 6 months ago #20591 by Kristen Leigh Day
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We had a masseuse come and give chair massages. They loved it!
6 years 6 months ago #20591 by Kristen Leigh Day
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Angela Schmitz
6 years 6 months ago #20592 by Angela Schmitz
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Cook them breakfast.
6 years 6 months ago #20592 by Angela Schmitz
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Larry Berry
6 years 6 months ago #20593 by Larry Berry
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No greater appreciation than from residents and they are publically acknowledged. When I would get a compliment from a resident I would ask the manager to set up a time when they could present a balloon and thank you card (provided by the site) along with a gift card (doesn't have to be big) from the resident as a surprise. I would try and attend and of course there were photo ops to use on electronic media including the site newsletter. Our service people are so critical to the bottom line and success of a team. If you tbink about it, leasing is easy. Keeping them, now that's the measure of success.
6 years 6 months ago #20593 by Larry Berry
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David Jolley
6 years 6 months ago #20594 by David Jolley
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Tailgate lunch and a pro ballgame!
6 years 6 months ago #20594 by David Jolley
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Diedra Hoffman
6 years 6 months ago #20595 by Diedra Hoffman
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Save the time and weird ideas - buy them a gift card with the money you’d be wasting and give them each a nice card with something honest and meaningful written inside.
No man (that I know) wants to drive around a golf cart covered in crazy decorations, they don’t want to be forced to sit and eat breakfast with you at the office and finish to cram 2 hours of lost time into their day of work... give them some extra
6 years 6 months ago #20595 by Diedra Hoffman
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Mark Bakke
6 years 6 months ago #20596 by Mark Bakke
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Beer
6 years 6 months ago #20596 by Mark Bakke
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David Carchidi
6 years 6 months ago #20597 by David Carchidi
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Jessica Sloan did an amazing WOW fridge for her techs with contributions from us vendors. She's tagged may share photos.
6 years 6 months ago #20597 by David Carchidi
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Tony Leon
6 years 6 months ago #20598 by Tony Leon
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Cash. Amazon gift card. Free lunch.
6 years 6 months ago #20598 by Tony Leon
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Bonnie Garcia
6 years 6 months ago #20599 by Bonnie Garcia
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I used to have maintenance appreciation week. One of the days I decorated the shop. Bought colorful comment bursts and taped them all over the shop. Sayings such as: “we appreciate you”. “You’re doing a great job”. “Our maintenance team is #1”, and so on. They liked them so much they never took them down. Each day was a special treat. Breakfast one day. Lunch another. One of the days i surprised them with a small cooler and filled it with snacks and drinks and placed it in their shop with balloons attached to it. At the end of “their”week I rented a movie I knew they liked. I asked them to go to the clubhouse. Closed it off just for them. When they got there I had it decorated, had pizza, popcorn and drinks for them and had them sit back and relax and watch the movie. They loved it.
6 years 6 months ago #20599 by Bonnie Garcia
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Shayne Will
6 years 6 months ago #20600 by Shayne Will
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Cupcakes or Take or buy them lunch - $5 starbucks gift cards.
6 years 6 months ago #20600 by Shayne Will
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Contessa Wilkes
6 years 6 months ago #20601 by Contessa Wilkes
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Reach out to vendors and have them donate food or gift cards
6 years 6 months ago #20601 by Contessa Wilkes
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Jim Green
6 years 6 months ago #20602 by Jim Green
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Listen to them for once
6 years 6 months ago #20602 by Jim Green
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Maria Johnson
6 years 6 months ago #20603 by Maria Johnson
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We are a tiny property. Just me as Property Manager/Leasing Agent and the Part time Maintenance Man. I know that he can't afford to replace tools. On the anniversary of his employment and his birthday, the owners will pay for a new tool. Especially since the company doesn't own tools. Our company makes the employees use their own tools.
6 years 6 months ago #20603 by Maria Johnson
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Rose Gallifrey
6 years 6 months ago #20604 by Rose Gallifrey
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Our company is the same. I am the only onsite office personnel and maintenance and we have an onsite maintenance man ... we make them use their own tools and have none for the property.
6 years 6 months ago #20604 by Rose Gallifrey
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Larry Berry
6 years 6 months ago #20605 by Larry Berry
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If you have a superstar opportunity send a letter with a gift card to his/her family telling them the awesome job done and to take their husband, father, spousal equvilent out for a treat or dinner.
6 years 6 months ago #20605 by Larry Berry
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Rebecca Ross Gilinsky
6 years 6 months ago #20606 by Rebecca Ross Gilinsky
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A bonus if they are doing a great job...everyone loves money! But if that isn’t possible, then baked goods! Maybe cookies in the shape of tools, cupcakes or donuts!
6 years 6 months ago #20606 by Rebecca Ross Gilinsky