And why do employees do that?
What is it that drives this
behavior?
To understand this, look at this
scenario, a large business enterprise recruited few employees who came out to
be bright and talented in the interview conducted. The first few months they
performed exceptionally well, but things took a turn when the interest and
initiative of most of them at work started going downhill. They started
limiting themselves to only to what they are expected to do; a big potential
quitting warning sign.
To address this an ‘Employee Engagement Survey’ was
undertaken by the HR department to understand the satisfaction level and pain
areas of their employees. And, to their surprise they found out a common answer
that came from most of their newly recruited employees was that though they
liked the job but didn’t enjoy working in the current company atmosphere
anymore.
So, why are the employees not
liking coming to work anymore?
And, in such cases what should the
enterprises do to keep them satisfied and engaged?
Well, to begin with, as also cited
in this case, enterprises need to select an appropriate matric – which could be
the traditional Employee Satisfaction Surveys or the tried-and-tested Employee
Net Promoter Scores (eNPS) – to get insights on the satisfaction level of their
employees and what are pain areas that require attention.
Once this is done, they can devise
an action plan to overcome those areas. Here are the five simple but actionable
tactics that can be adopted to increase employee satisfaction in your
organization.-
Regularly recognizing and rewarding
employees’ achievements and success.
Provide them the role clarity of
their objective in the department, desired deliverable.
Building a strong company culture
making employees feeling a part of the organization.
Providing employees with
opportunities for professional development and growth.
Positive and flexible work
environment.
These are just a few but key ones
that we have mentioned above, but yes there are indeed plenty of strategies
that you as an entrepreneur can employ depending upon the pain areas that your
employees are or could be facing.
Nonetheless, the underlying premise
is that when employees are happy and satisfied, it not only helps in retaining
staff but also they put their best effort to make the company successful.
What
other tactics do you think can increase employee retention? Please share your
thoughts in the comments section below.
