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The article named “Outdoor Adventures on the Job” explains the main reasons why L.L. Bean can be evaluated as the 56th best workplace by Fortune. Employees speak highly of L.L. Bean’s working environment now because it has added a great number of perks such as free on-site massages. The most popular program is that L.L. Bean’s employees can have three to five days every year to take some outdoor activities with colleagues for the purpose of developing new relationships. For instance, in March, 69 employees took one day to ski and walked in the snow for three miles with their managers. Another benefit is that if employees want to explore the outdoors, L.L. Bean is willing to provide the company’s products for its employees or sell these products to workers at a discount. …show more content…

Bean’s human resources, Marie McCarthy, said, “The more employees experience L.L. Bean’s products in real-world settings, the better they are at explaining them to consumers.” I have the same opinion as McCarthy. Encouraging employees to use the company’s products is an efficient business strategy. On one hand, most of L.L Bean’s customers are outdoor enthusiasts, so salesmen who have rich experience in exploring the outdoors can get more trust from customers. On the other hand, salesmen can recommend the most suitable products to customers because they are more familiar with the merits of different products. Furthermore, it is easier for designers to optimize the company’s products because they can find some shortcomings of these products during their outdoor days of experiencing them

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