Increasing Staff-Retention in the Age of Convenience
By Richard Reid
Convenience rules our lives today and it affects every aspect of our lives from work, to family, and even everyday events such as eating a meal.
Unfortunately, this I want it now kind of thinking is causing the amount of absenteeism in the workplace to skyrocket. Likewise, companies and businesses are having a hard time with staff-retention due to high turn-over rates, the rising cost of recruitment, and the outrageous demands of employees. These demands include higher salaries, more convenient work hours, and a need for more on the job resources, to name a few. So what steps can employers take to keep a happy medium in the work environment that will give workers the tools they need to excel in their jobs thus retaining them as employees? Luckily, there are many resources available today for companies that are having problems with staff-retention and absenteeism.
First of all, type the words staff-retention into a search engine and a number of websites will come up that advertise staff-retention services. There are numerous businesses out there today that help their clients, namely other businesses, to develop policies and plans that help promote staff-retention and prevent absenteeism. While the cost of hiring a consultant to assist in these areas may be pricey, business owners have the potential to save money in the end on the re-hiring and recruitment processes.
Another option that may be possible for some companies is to create more work from home positions. Modern day technology has come to a point where working from home is much more feasible. Furthermore, employees that get to spend more time at home tend to be less stressed and happier overall, thus fostering a better attitude about their job. Of course, working from home takes a motivated personality which is why businesses would have to decide carefully about which types of positions to convert into work from home jobs and then choose people for those positions accordingly. Overall though, employers would see lower turn-over rates and absenteeism would virtually cease to exist.
In this age of convenience, businesses need to step up and take action instead of just maintaining their out-dated policies on staff-retention and absenteeism. Employers need to compromise with workers in a way that will keep both parties happy enough to continue the relationship. Hiring staff-retention consultants and creating more home based jobs will definitely help; but the most important measure that can be taken done is to survey the staff on what their needs are and try to cater to those needs. Pleasing everybody wont be possible, but most people are usually open to compromise and when they feel like fair decisions are being made within their companies, they tend to be happier with their jobs.
All in all, people today are always looking for convenience, so employers need to accommodate this mind-set and make jobs more well-situated for their workers. The result will be a company that runs more smoothly and brings in more profits because employees will stick around for longer periods of time.
About the author
Richard Reid of
Pinnacle Proactive, Specialists in the
Employee
Assistance Program,
Stress Management,
Staff Retention & Absenteeism. Take a Proactive Approach in Growing Your
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