What Matters Most to Your Workforce
To be a good employer that’s able to retain employees who are happy and proud of the work they do, you’ll want to ensure that they’re happy with what you’re offering them. And that, of course, goes past just offering a competitive salary that stands up to what competitors in your industry are offering for the same position (otherwise you might lose your valuable employees and end up giving your competition a leg up). A healthy salary can only make an employee so happy, though, as a study from Princeton University shows.
Here are a few things that matter to employees, which can help instill a positive company culture.
Comfort
While perks are appealing on a superficial level, a study from consulting firm Suite & Co. shows that employees value feeling secure in their position and their job. No one wants to come to work day in and day out fearing that they might be laid off at any time, so providing your employees the comfort and certainty that they are valued can go quite a long way.
Support System
Taking that further, employees want to know that their employers have their backs and that higher-ups in a company will vouch for them if needed. Recognizing an employee’s achievements and having a good relationship between managers and employees is valuable.
Management
Data from Culture Amp shows that one of the biggest reasons that people leave their jobs is because they aren’t aligned with their managers. Having a poor experience with management tends to affect how an employee views their job and the company overall.
Workplace Culture
A Glassdoor survey shows that, following pay, employees value a strong workplace culture over a hefty benefits package. After a certain salary, the benefits package stops mattering as much to the employees.
