There are hundreds
of happy employees who managed to change their lives just by making this important step — getting CV edited.
They pin their blog posts, pictures of their drivers, and pictures
of happy employees and customers from the events they host.
There are many other intersections
of happy employees with happy customers that we experience frequently.
In the first entry of Diary
of the Happiest Employee on Earth, we read about a welcome party to honor a newly hired employee on their first day.
Not exact matches
On this episode
of Answers to Questions, Entrepreneur Network partner John Meyer
of Lemonly provides tips on managing remote
employees — how to keep them
happy and engaged with your brand and culture
The goal is to build a network
of more productive, better - run factories — with
happier, healthier
employees and lower rates
of costly absenteeism and turnover.
According to Taylor, it's something that's been very deliberately cultivated: «We always knew the quality
of what we produced would be determined by how
happy our
employees were to contribute to it,» he explains.
Now, here comes the puzzling part: Another survey, this one by career site Monster.com, confirms those warm fuzzies, finding that a 71 % majority
of full - time
employees are
happy, or even very
happy, with their 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.
By focusing on
employee perks and wellness programs on supporting healthy levels
of these chemicals, you'll boost your team's creative energy and keep them
happier.
FORTUNE surveys
employees at hundreds
of companies to discover what makes them
happy, sad and more productive.
On a scale out
of seven, the magazine staff rated 4.8, meaning we're about as
happy as
employees in the ever - downtrodden manufacturing sector and significantly less
happy than the normal knowledge - based worker.
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.
«Less time answering phones empowers
employees to focus on the quality
of the pizza and making customers
happy,» John Schnatter, founder and CEO
of Papa John's, said in a statement.
«But also we've found the hiring process is much better if you've got recruiters embedded within the company and they're much more proficient in telling potential
employees about some
of the benefits and the way the company works and really playing up the positive aspects rather than just saying, «OK, here's a list
of five companies that are hiring at the moment; we're
happy to make intros to you.»»
After all, decades
of research suggests that having work friends is one
of the pillars
of workplace happiness, and that
happier employees are more productive, more loyal, and more engaged.
Managers spend lots
of time trying to figure out how to keep their
employees happy, but when it comes to sales people they tend to think
of things strictly in monetary terms.
No program, activity or set
of rules tops having
happy and fulfilled
employees who feel that what they are doing matters.
Loneliness might have multiple causes on the national level, but for accounting software company FreshBooks (full disclosure: I'm a
happy customer), the root
of their concern about
employee disconnection was a
happy fact
of startup life - their head count was growing wildly.
In order to have an effective policy manual, the employer should take the time to identify what is important to the business, both in keeping the
employees informed and
happy, as well as accomplishing the business objectives
of the company.
I first joined the company as the head
of employee services, initially charged with running our global facilities, planning internal events like
happy hours and offsites, driving our monthly all hands meeting and owning our annual company conference MeetUp.
You can have a structured workplace with
happy employees; they aren't mutually exclusive», says Andrew Stickel, Owner
of ELOA.org.
«When you hire [more than a thousand]
employees quickly, there's the question
of how you scale and keep customers
happy, and all
of the stuff that is very operational in nature,» Hamid says.
When
employees are
happy, motivated and engaged, they deliver that extra bit
of creativity, dedication and hard work that makes a product or service stand out from the competition.
Only 37 percent
of employees in one survey were «very
happy» with their career path.
March Madness office betting makes 84 %
of employees happier in their jobs, according to a Randstad USA survey.
«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.
Elite SEM, a digital marketing firm in New York, offers the usual buffet
of perks: free lunches, frequent
happy hours, unlimited vacation and stipends for
employees who want to continue their education.
And it's not just tech giants — companies
of all stripes have become more flexible, actively seeking to keep
employees happy and engaged, whether through work - life balance initiatives or management strategies that encourage
employee feedback, input and advancement.
«I've found one
of the best ways to reduce turnover and keep my
employees happy is offering paid time off.
If your
employees are
happy, your customers will be, too: When your business is small, you will likely know many
of your customers personally.
The survey found that because small business owners often think
of their
employees as family, they tend to be quite dedicated to maintaining a
happy and loyal workforce.
Employees might take their cues from their leader, so it's imperative to encourage a team to take care
of themselves and let them know, especially through the personal actions, that a balanced life is a
happy life.
Finally, the work - from - home
employees were
happier and therefore healthier, thereby reducing sick days and absenteeism (as well as people coming into work with contagious colds and flu), all
of which decreased the company's overall health care expenses.
By recognizing the needs
of a diverse workforce and incorporating some distraction - free zones into your office, you can achieve a balance that promotes collaboration, boosts productivity and keeps
employees happy.
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.
Every
employee seeks, at the most basic level, to know what is expected
of them and to make their employer
happy.
Instead
of letting your
employees feel indispensable, focus on keeping everyone
happy.
We want to encourage our
employees to take advantage
of the benefit, and work out so that they stay healthy and
happy.
«Think
of engagement as less about asking how
happy your
employees are and more about measuring if your
employees are having the experience both
of you want them to have.
If they're excellent
employees but have to go home to their family instead
of a
happy hour, cut them some slack.
With panning shots
of the company's offices, featuring a game room, groups
of people eating lunch together, and seemingly
happy dogs sitting next to desks, the video includes interviews with
employees discussing work - life balance (an engineer training for a marathon and dressed in running clothes mentions the freedom to go for a run during work), the challenges the company faces, and the collegial atmosphere.
All
of this has led to low
employee turnover and relatively
happy employees.
Remember that the more help you give to
employees, the
happier they will be, helping your bottom line at the end
of the day.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Jet had regular in - office
happy hours, as well as at least one kitchen cupboard full
of liquor, and
employees sometimes drank at their desks.
Try taking care
of some basics that, although they may seem unimportant in the grand scheme
of things, can increase how
happy you are — as well as your
employees and your customers.
«When
employees are at their best, both physically and mentally, they are
happier and more productive,» explains Alex Goldberg, founder and CEO
of Provata Health.
Ma told
employees at a press conference that he hopes they use their newfound wealth to become «a batch
of genuinely noble people, a batch
of people who are able to help others, and who are kind and
happy.»
In turn, that display
of employee satisfaction made me very
happy.