Table 2.
Rating of helpfulness of culture committee initiatives for boosting morale and maintaining a safe workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic
| Need | Initiative | Rating (n = 54), % |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not helpful | Slightly helpful | Somewhat helpful | Very helpful | Extremely helpful | Did not answer | ||
| Worker safety | Care packages | 1 (1.9) | 2 (3.7) | 9 (16.7) | 8 (14.8) | 30 (55.6) | 4 (7.4) |
| Worker acknowledgment | Barbecues | 2 (3.7) | 4 (7.4) | 4 (7.4) | 13 (24.1) | 25 (46.3) | 6 (11.1) |
| Gift cards | 1 (1.9) | 1 (1.9) | 2 (3.7) | 13 (24.1) | 34 (63.0) | 3 (5.6) | |
| Lunches and snacks | 1 (1.9) | 2 (3.7) | 7 (13.0) | 8 (14.8) | 32 (59.3) | 4 (7.4) | |
| Social interactions | Departmental newsletter | 3 (5.6) | 3 (5.6) | 8 (14.8) | 17 (31.5) | 20 (37.0) | 3 (5.6) |
| Podcast | 5 (9.3) | 5 (9.3) | 10 (18.5) | 16 (29.6) | 16 (29.6) | 2 (3.7) | |
| Zoom breakrooms | 15 (27.8) | 7 (13.0) | 11 (20.4) | 3 (5.6) | 9 (16.7) | 8 (14.8) | |
Abbreviation: COVID-19 = corona virus disease 2019.