Employee Appreciation

This is a great way to show your employees they're valued.

magine an employer who would shut down his business so his employees could spend a week relaxing on the beach in sunny Costa Rica.

That’s what Howard Olivier, owner of Flying Pie Pizzaria in Boise, is doing. And that means the pies won’t be flying at the two local pizzerias for a week, starting Tuesday.
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There are 62 people going on the trip, including pizzeria staff, some family and one former employee.
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Olivier is paying for a week's salary for the employees, some of whom could not afford to take the week off without pay.

Participants will get the opportunity to visit a volcano, ride a zipline through the rainforest canopy or just spend the week laying on the beach near their hotel at Ocotal Beach Resort.

[The marketing director] said the timing for the trip is perfect because January is a slow month for business, and staff members who are college students will be back for the start of classes at Boise State University.

"Our guess is that we’ll be able to make it up in later in the quarter,"

Flying Pie's not the area's best pizza (but it's close), but it's clearly one of the better employers.