You not only get to make someone's day, but you get the added benefit of knowing that happy employees don't often head elsewhere if they're compensated well.
«Small business owners should not worry about [a higher minimum], because they will get a higher quality of work, and your business will get much bigger returns from happier customers if you have
happy employees doing a good job for you,» Nguyen says.
Not exact matches
Here's the other angle - you could be right - because top performers won't work got a micro-manager for long and you'll be left with lower caliber
employees that are
happy to let you
do the work.
Psychologists call this feeling of freedom to
do your job as you see fit «autonomy» and have found in studies that not only
does autonomy make
employees happy, it also makes them more productive.
Only 45 percent of those surveyed said they trusted their leadership, while a little more than half said they were not
happy at work, and one in every two
employees did not expect to be with their organization for more than a year more.
We don't want to keep
employees at work at all hours because we think they need to go home and have a life if they're going to stay
happy and productive at work.
Not only
does this result in motivated and
happy employees, it also gives Google some fantastic innovations like Gmail and AdSense that eventually resulted in millions of dollars of revenue.
Southwest also gives
employees «permission» to go that extra mile to make customers
happy, empowering them to
do what they need to
do to meet that vision.
No program, activity or set of rules tops having
happy and fulfilled
employees who feel that what they are
doing matters.
«All in all, we've
done our best to make sure all
employees are
happy with the program whether they have a dog or not,» Wpromote's Human Resources Manager Andrea Lagatta said.
Doing this right early on will save much more time down the road, in both better performance and
happier employees.
So, what exactly
does Facebook have in its fairytale offices that makes
employees so
happy?
«You want to make sure the company is going to
do well to keep your
employees happy and keep them financially secure, and that's very challenging.
The problem is that most business owners don't understand this relationship, and even fewer know how to actually make their
employees happy.
We would go above and beyond to make our clients and
employees happy but often, without realizing it,
did so without direct benefit to us.
We hire as many people who
do, and sometimes hire nobody at all, to make sure our
employees are motivated to make our clients
happy.
Not only
do you have
happy, engaged
employees but also a team driven to make the company a success.
The
employees who are
happy with your business and value the work that they
do will be the key to helping your company grow.
The companies that incentivize those
employees by recognizing the challenges they face are going to
do a better job of maintaining a
happy, long - lasting workforce.
When you can
do this, your
employees will be
happier and more engaged in the day to day.
If your
employees like what they
do, it usually results in
happier customers, which make everything a little easier.
If given the chance to weigh in on their wages,
employees tend to forget all about whether they're actually
happy doing their jobs.
Two - thirds of
employees with access to free food say they're very
happy at their current jobs, and workers who have strong relationships with their colleagues feel 50 percent more satisfied than those who don't.
For starters, it's a rewarding perk that will make you a better company to work for over competitors who don't offer the same thing, and if your
employee is
happy, he'll likely not to be looking for another job.
Today, Price's utopian vision of
doing his part for income inequality by making sure all his
employees had incomes that would make them
happy — or so said the psychology research he read — is looking more than a little shortsighted in the cold light of reality.
The following statistic alone should make all employers more interested in boosting bliss: Truly cheerful
employees spend about 80 % of their time at work
doing what they're there to
do (even
happy people need an Instagram break); the least content spend only 40 % of their day on job - related activities, according to a survey by workplace happiness consultant and author Jessica Pryce - Jones.
Show how how they've made a difference.If you send recaps of company progress to your
employees, don't just tell them your customers are
happy, show them.
«It's really important for the company to have
happy, healthy
employees so we can all
do our best,» Ben & Jerry's spokesperson Liz Brenna told ABC News.
«Companies have a very powerful incentive to
do everything they can to make an
employee happy.»
Unless your organization functions on rigid time structures — such as medical facilities, service industries, etc where service and success is dependent on having enough staff in the right places at the exact right times to service customers — then having «core hours» or expecting
employees to work insane overtime is really not necessary — who cares as long as the work gets
done and the customer is
happy!
Once businesses can
do this, they'll be in a far better position to keep
happy employees who actually love their jobs and their place of work.
Key findings for the North American (U.S. and Canada) workforce surveyed in the study include: • 51 % of
employees are not
happy at work • 45 % of
employees trust their company's leadership • 61 % of
employees don't know their company's mission • 57 % of
employees are not motivated by their company's mission • 60 % of
employees don't know their company's vision • 57 % of
employees don't feel recognized for their progress at work • 61 % of
employees don't know their organization's cultural values • 50 % of
employees don't expect to be with their organization a year from now
We know
happy customers start with
happy employees, and we want to be the best place to work everywhere we
do business.»
You should also train your
employees and teach them all the techniques to
do a perfect job and keep the clients
happy.
Hopefully, these connections will allow people working in corporations to feel better (current estimates show
employee engagement at an all - time low in this country, with 70 % of the US workforce being disengaged),
do better and create a
happier workforce which is equally productive, profitable and purpose driven.
I'm sure there are times when a teacher wrongly forbids a child to pray privately because she doesn't understand the law, or times when an
employee is scolded for greeting a customer with «Merry Christmas» instead of «
Happy Holidays».
Their
employee team is a tight family, proud to serve a great product and
happy to
do it!
Our small office is closing in May as all 3
employees are
happy to work from home, and out head office (in another state) is
happy with that... they are used to us being remote, doesn't matter to them whether we are at home or at the office.
Part of me thinks that when an
employee does something like this [blog], it's not exactly the most
happy employee ever, you know what I'm saying?
If she pumps, she doesn't have painful engorged breasts, and she's a
happier, better
employee.
In an email, Cuomo spokeswoman Dani Lever said, «The SUNY board agreed to raise the minimum wage for their
employees, and if CUNY wants to
do the same, we would be
happy to work with them on a plan.»
Cooper's speech targeted the audience of delegates from big companies by focusing on the «value» a
happy and confident workforce can add to a company: «The workforce is one of the most important assets an employer has... [they] need
employees who can get on and
do the job.
I'm 23 years old and up until a month ago I didn't have a set skincare regimen, I was referred to this line by an Ulta
employee and couldn't be more
happy!
Everyone seemed calm and
happy and we are planning to
do more since the feedbacks from the
employees and senior managment staff is super positive:)»
Skilled
employees are also
happier at
doing their jobs, which increases
employee loyalty, which means lesser
employees will leave your organization.
That doesn't just mean looking after
employees to make sure they are
happy at work.
But no, for reasons beyond comprehension, while their own students were busy focused on their studies and taking exams to finish up the semester, UConn's Neag School of Education was off sponsoring a «
happy hour» with a corporate front group whose
employees didn't even bother to attend a teacher preparation program.
We know we must be
doing something right, because we have many
employees here who have worked for us for more than a decade, and we're always
happy to see familiar faces coming back for quality service work or to scope on their next new car.
It's just another example of how our brand works hard in all that we
do to provide excellent service in every facet of our business and our dedication to making each and every person that we work with, from
employee to customer,
happy.
Well, guess what, if these same bookstores would take time to review what their customers want and try to address those issues, if they'd hire
employees who knew the stock — and this implies paying these
employees a decent wage with benefits instead of hiring a store full of nothing but part - timers so they don't have to pay benefits — most readers would be more than
happy to pay a bit more to buy locally.