Recruiting, hiring, and retaining high-quality employees is becoming a more challenging task every day. With a large volume of open positions available, employees now have the luxury of being selective with their chosen jobs. You want to make your company inviting to attract and maintain the best people possible. Make these moves today to ensure your business has what it takes to keep your team satisfied and gainfully employed with you - all while scaling and increasing profitability.

Happy Employees = Productive Employees

Have you noticed a general grumbling among your staff or a lackadaisical attitude throughout the workplace? There is a virtual wealth of ways to remedy the mood and low productivity of your employees. Sure, you can try multiple ways to see which one fits best for your unique business setup or patchwork multiple concepts together to boost morale. Instead, try a proven employee engagement platform to seamlessly incorporate a variety of programs into one streamlined platform that everyone will enjoy using.

By initiating an employee engagement platform into your company’s business model, you are giving your staff the opportunity to engage one another in new ways. They will be able to acknowledge one another’s accomplishments with pride and positivity. Company-wide recognition will be readily noticed by everyone. A valuable asset to this configuration is that of easy communication. Employees can use social recognition to quickly reward one another for doing their jobs well. This concept is a win for your employees and the company as a whole because when people are happy and take pride in their work via recognition, they feel motivated to work harder for the company and those around them.

Effective employee engagement platforms also factor in the employees' opinions and suggestions. It is essential to know and understand the hows and whys of your team’s motivations. What brings them to work each day beyond just the paycheck? Why do they choose to keep coming back versus going elsewhere? Use your employee engagement platform to query your people about everything from their answers to the previous questions to what their ideas are for positive change within the company. Once you receive their comments and input, take them to heart and use them to lead better. When people feel heard, they feel valued. When they see that you have valued their ideas and opinions enough to proactively implement them they know they are respected as well.

• Offer Perks

The mere idea of going to work is not as simple as that. With employment comes the logistics of getting there, acquiring child or elder care, eating well while in the office, and the list goes on. Many employees spend too much of their own money getting to the job every day. It becomes difficult for them to spend money to make money only to turn around and do it all over again. Instead, offer them a variety of desirable perks to incentivize them to work for you in the first place and stay with you for the long haul.

• Transportation Allotment

With rising gas prices affecting everyone, offering your staff pre-loaded and reloadable gas cards will help. Other ways to mitigate transportation costs are with rideshare reimbursement incentives or pre-paid parking passes and Metro cards. If people prefer to bike or walk to work, offer them incentives for being healthy.

• Flexible Working Options

The last couple of years has shown bosses and employees alike that a variety of flexible working options are desirable. 

• Telecommuting allows people to arrange their day around other responsibilities or prioritize their health. Employees with mobility issues may appreciate the option of staying in their comfort zone while being productive and part of the team virtually.

• Working in the office is desirable for some as they thrive off camaraderie, in-person motivation and support, and the workplace structure.  

• Hybrid working conditions allow for flexibility when an employee falls ill and needs to stay home but is still able to work or has a lapse in reliable childcare

Here is an informative video on how employees or prospects may view your company’s perks and benefits.

Whether it is through a continuous flow of coffee, tea, or even kombucha on tap, keeping your employees happy and inviting new ones is essential to your company’s continued success. Use an employee engagement platform to keep positivity and productivity part of your bottom line. Engage your employees in the workplace in person or virtually to generate greater cohesion. They will appreciate your efforts and reciprocate them with hard work and dedication.