How to Increase Employee Satisfaction

16.07.2024 10:20
Updated: 28.09.2024 01:32

If a company wants to achieve success in business, then first of all it must have a good personnel policy, when the company hires the right people who will move it forward.

But it is not enough to simply hire the best specialists.

In reality, it's a bit more complicated. One of the key factors for success is the job satisfaction of each employee.

After all, if people like their work, they will work better. So what needs to be done for this?

Choose the right people

It all starts with the hiring process. A lot of attention is paid to candidates' knowledge, but testing for cultural fit is done much less often. Every company, small or large, has its own established culture.

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For example, some companies value team sports. And hiring a pronounced introvert who can't stand sports is clearly not the best idea for such a company.

Such an employee will not feel comfortable in your company, and even if he is a super-cool specialist, he will most likely end up being a fifth wheel in the cart.

Trust

We are talking about delegation. It helps relieve the burden on managers, and it improves the satisfaction of the employees themselves. After all, any adequate employee will like it when they are assigned really important tasks.

But it's not just about assigning important tasks, you also need to give the employee the authority to do the work he or she has been assigned.

For example, if he needs help from outside contractors to complete the work, you should provide the opportunity to contact these outside organizations.

Show gratitude

A simple praise will already improve the mood of any person. Just imagine, you praised your subordinate, and now he comes home joyfully and starts telling his family how valuable he is at work and how his superiors appreciate him.

Of course, he will be much happier with his work. But don't forget about financial rewards: verbal praise is important, but so is money.

Explain the importance of the work

You can assign a worker to move boxes from one corner to another. Pay him well, and even praise him for how well he does it.

But if you also explain to him why this is important, he will do his job with even greater zeal.

For example, briefly tell him that it will be easier to load the boxes into the car from that left corner and it will be possible to reduce the car's downtime.

As you can see, even simple things can be made meaningful.

Be fair

Unfortunately, companies often promote favorites who have done nothing to deserve their promotion.

Often these are just sycophants who know how to approach the boss correctly. But this is very annoying for the other employees.

And if that happens all the time, then the others will stop liking their work. And that's definitely not what you want.

Conclusion

Yes, you can make sure your employees enjoy their jobs. In many cases, you don't even have to spend money to do it.

When a person is happy with his work, he will work better and more efficiently. This means that your company will reach greater heights in less time.

Earlier, businessman, entrepreneur, media manager, media expert Vitaly Kisterny told how to manage a remote team.

Vitaly Kisterny Author: Vitaly Kisterny Editor-in-Chief


Content
  1. Choose the right people
  2. Trust
  3. Show gratitude
  4. Explain the importance of the work
  5. Be fair
  6. Conclusion