How to Ensure Employee Retention
Keeping quality personnel in your company over the long term is almost as important as putting out a great product or service. You must develop employee-retention practice that reduce employee turnover, generating savings in training costs while enhancing organizational morale.
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Create a system of small but consistent pay increases for employees based on fulfillment of their job responsibilities. Depending on how often you assess your personnel, these raises can take place on a monthly or quarterly basis. Wage increases attached to professional benchmarks increase productivity and innovation.
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Motivate your staff to compete with department competitions and contests. You can base these competitions on increased efficiency, community service or other standards that help build a good public image for your company. Awards can range from a meal at a local restaurant to casual work days at the beginning or middle of the week.
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Open advancement opportunities to the entire company to encourage upward mobility in younger workers. Many companies keep the advancement process secretive, drawing the ire of experienced workers who feel they deserve a promotion. Stave off worker frustration by allowing interested applicants to present their ideas on how to improve a particular department.
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Ease regulations on business dress and attire to ensure worker comfort. The current standard for businesses in most industries is a casual dress day on Fridays to help motivate workers at the end of the week.
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Consult with talented professionals on transfer opportunities as your business expands. New offices and facilities require experienced professionals who understand the culture of the company from day one. Honest communication and assistance with moving costs help your business stay strong as it grows.
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Use pleasing office aesthetics and ergonomic furniture to ensure retention. Workers spend at least 8 hours a day in the office, and work spaces that are warm and healthy increase efficiency. Companies like ErgoPro provide ergonomic office supplies to keep your workers on task (see Resources below).
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Tips & Warnings
Avoid employee dissatisfaction regarding decision making about pay, benefits and general office issues. During departmental and company-wide meetings, provide ballots for each staff member to help decide the fate of individual policies. Your authority over pay increases and other issues is blunted by healthcare packages selected by a majority of employees, for instance.
