It’s really no secret that keeping your company’s employees happy increases their productivity, which, obviously enough, leads to increased profits, the Holy Grail of any business concern. The real question is, why don’t more employers acknowledge this simple fact and take steps to increase employee satisfaction? It’s their loss, and not a mistake that we will repeat! Here are some great ways to help ensure that your employees are feeling good and doing their best work for you.
Payday
You might be thinking you need to give them a raise, right? Yes, employee advancement should be fair and taken into account, but you might be surprised that the most important thing surveyed workers say about their pay is they want to know when they are going to get it, and be able to count on it happening as promised!
Payday rules people’s daily lives, and there is no better way to ensure that your employees are disgruntled and unhappy than to pay them late! One of the best ways to make sure your pay system works in a timely fashion is to implement the use of payroll software that takes any uncertainty out of your hands, and automatically sees to it your employees are paid exactly what they are owed in a timely manner!
Praise and Gratitude
Many employers are surprised to find that more often than increases in pay, what their employees really think is important is their boss’s attitude toward them and the treatment they receive at work.
If you have any managers that bully or put down your employees, which makes them very unhappy, sometimes to the point of quitting, then show them to the exit before they can do any more harm, they are only costing you money! Good management doesn’t need to be the employee’s best buddy, but they do need to be polite, fair, and able to listen.
Moreover, good managers should frequently pass out praise for a job well done when that praise is earned, giving the employees a valuable sense of self-respect and worthiness, which, yes, makes them happy! The other critical thing is to always say “thank you” to them, it really means a lot, and the goodwill it generates will eventually transfer to your healthy bottom line.
Flexibility and Understanding
To most employees the workplace is just as important to their daily lives as their home is, after all, they are spending a large portion of their waking hours there. Yes, work is crucial to making a living, but we still need to be able to live, and there are times when work needs to take a back seat to the needs of the individual employee.
For example, if an employee has young children they need to get off to school, and then adjust their work start time accordingly. If someone calls in sick, never push them to come in anyway, be understanding, and accommodate their personal needs, everybody gets sick sometimes, we are all only human!
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