Breakroom TV: Drive Meaningful Employee Engagement and Communications

Company culture is a critical component of any business environment. For businesses with many distributed locations, it can be challenging to create a consistent culture at every office—which can lead to employees feeling disconnected. Research shows fostering a positive, inclusive company culture can help employees feel more engaged, productive, and successful in their roles—which can go a long way toward retaining valuable talent and attracting new candidates.

For instance, a recent survey of some 440 professionals by the Arbinger Institute found that 78% of respondents believe that company culture impacts their ability to meet or exceed goals. Still, 70% of companies admit that they have a significant engagement and retention problem. When employees are spread across multiple geographies, they can feel isolated and, in turn, start to have negative perceptions of their workplace. Further challenges arise when the employee population is deskless, meaning they do not have a company computer or email to receive information.

Investing in tools and technologies that will help connect employees across locations and drive an inclusive company culture can help businesses nurture collaboration and engagement amongst employees.

What is Breakroom TV?

To address any disconnect employees might be experiencing, company leaders can invest in Breakroom TV to create a culture that engages employees, leading to higher productivity and lower turnover. Breakroom TV from Hughes is a solution that enhances breakrooms and improves business communications to employees.

Forward-thinking business leaders keep employees informed by and engaged with company management using video content on a breakroom TV. They keep all employees aware of the resources and benefits available to them and communicate relevant company information to the workforce in a timely manner. Plus, they can celebrate and publicly recognize achievements by the team.

Breakroom TV is a form of digital signage displayed in communal break rooms, and it is designed to share relevant information, positive recognition, employee training, and company communications in an informal manner. On one high-definition screen, companies can offer live or on-demand TV programming wrapped with real-time company information, location data, or social media feeds. The videos and other digital media components can relay information about the company, as well as provide company-wide or store-specific announcements.

Employees are 75% more likely to watch a video than read a text. With video-on-demand capabilities, Breakroom TV gives employees the information they need in a format they are most likely to consume.

With the Hughes Breakroom TV solution, companies can engage their employees in several ways:

• Make it a game: Display leaderboards of performance metrics or gamify company activities to foster friendly competition.
• Boost team spirit: Promote company culture and help employees build and gain a sense of belonging in that culture.
• Provide training opportunities: Deliver relevant and useful programs for employees to expand their skills, advance their careers, and improve their performance.
• Share updates: Keep employees across all locations informed about the latest events, announcements, and company policies.
• Recognize employees: Share and acknowledge employee achievements, accomplishments, and contributions to the company.

Breakroom TV is a cost-effective and efficient way to communicate with employees throughout a distributed organization. Hughes is a managed service provider with a proven digital signage solution. Hughes digital signage includes installation, maintenance, and customer support, making Hughes Breakroom TV more appealing for businesses looking to bolster company culture.

Why Choose Hughes Breakroom TV

Hughes Breakroom TV can make company breakrooms more informative, productive, and enjoyable through live television programming wrapped with important company information, news, weather, and social media feeds.

The Hughes Breakroom TV solution includes a Smart TV or Hughes media player connected to an existing screen, content hosting and distribution, professional installation and field maintenance options, and multiple support options. The solution features an easy-to-use, cloud-based management interface and offers flexible screen layouts for users to customize with social, news, and other updates.

To use Breakroom TV, content administrators can log in to the admin page to gain visibility into the entire distributed network. From the admin page, content managers can inject, schedule, and manage content from one web interface. The solution allows for local content place holders within the overall platform, enabling individual site managers to upload relevant, local content to be displayed in a specific panel. With this flexibility, Hughes Breakroom TV helps businesses foster a consistent company culture across distributed locations.

Other benefits of Breakroom TV include:

• Centralized playlist creation and management
• Live HDTV integrated stream, which is optional depending on customer needs
• Multiple graphic and video file support, such as .mp4, .mov, .fiv, and .avi video files, and .jpg, .png, and .gif image formats
• Support for .swf widgets, RSS, and social media feeds
• Customizable emergency alerts to any screen
• Time-of-day content scheduling
• Multiple panel display support
• Simple content uploading and publishing
• Report generation and exporting
• Training video support through integrated Video OnDemand

Hughes can provide 24/7/365 telephone support, and we also offer optional onsite field maintenance services that can be purchased.

To learn more about Hughes Breakroom TV, visit our website or read the solution brief.