Life at Bio-Rad

Celebrating Random Acts of Workplace Kindness

July 24, 2023

At Bio-Rad, we like surprising our employees with Random Acts of Workplace Kindness (RAWK for short). We like this acronym because Bio-Rad employees really do ROCK, and we want them to feel appreciated and celebrated – and sometimes that means delivering ice cream to them in a vintage VW bus (like in the video below!).

Bio-Rad employees in NorCal enjoy an unexpected treat outside the office.

Eliza Zoffada, a corporate events & community involvement project manager for Bio-Rad, says that RAWK events are one of her favorite aspects of her job. “I just love seeing the joy these little events bring our employees,” she says. “It’s a great way to show love and appreciation!”  

Eliza says Bio-Rad first began the program in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. “We didn’t call it RAWK back then, but we had a lot of essential employees still coming in to work, so we wanted to make sure they felt appreciated.”

During the most difficult stretches of the pandemic, Eliza delivered pastries to teams throughout the Bay Area. Eliza and her team called the effort, “Operation Spreading Joy,” and it often involved multiple deliveries every week to help keep employees' spirits high. 

Eliza, at left, with other Bio-Rad employees during a 2023 RAWK event.

With the COVID-19 pandemic now settling into the background, the stakes are not quite as high these days, but delivering joy and kindness remains a top priority. “Bio-Rad employees are so dedicated to their jobs, and it’s nice to show them how much we appreciate them. And it makes it so fun when people aren’t expecting it.”   

In the video above, Eliza talks about “Operation Spreading Joy,” which involved her delivering pastries to various teams throughout the Bay Area during the pandemic.

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