In the modern world we live in, company culture has become as essential to a worker as the salary they receive. Due to the huge stress epidemic that many companies are imposing on their workers, it is extremely important that start ups plan ahead on how their business culture will be, because no matter how interesting the company ma be, if the culture is not positive for your workers, it may have problems growing.

As baker technologies CEO Joel Milton says; ““As a growing start-up, culture is the lifeline of the company. Establishing a collaborative workspace, company norms and a strong recruitment process is only part of how we strive to maintain our culture, at the core, maintaining culture is really about instilling employee relations outside day-to-day tasks”. This is one of those ideas that a couple years ago would have been crazy to announce, but that over the years, has proven itself to be effective and real. In his company, Joel Milton gives his workers an all inclusive Mexico vacation, where he affirms that is cheaper than taking the risk of having unhappy workers that you later have to find from zero and train all over again.

Today, we know as a fact that planning a strong and positive company culture can be extremely beneficial. If you have a start up or are an entrepreneur looking for a positive and healthy company to build then this advice may be extremely helpful. Perhaps you can’t afford an all inclusive vacation yet, but why not take a cake to the office and have a fun Friday afternoon with your employees? Why not make fun games when you notice a tense environment? Try giving small gifts to birthday employees so that they know you really care.

Creating a healthy company is vital for its growth by helping it draw, secure and maintain talent. Also, it may help avoid the negative consequences of a weak or toxic work environment. Remember that even entrepreneurs with limited budgets can take steps to build optimism, loyalty and commitment.