The vast majority of full -
time employees want more honesty and transparency at work, but only 15 % of are very satisfied with the quality of workplace communication.
More workers want to get out: 21 % of full -
time employees want to change jobs in 2014, the largest percentage since 2008 and up from 17 % in 2013, the study of over 3,000 workers found.
Not exact matches
While most
employees at least
want to take full advantage of those hard - earned days off, less than half take the
time to plan out their vacations each year, according to Project: Time Off, which is sponsored by the U.S. Travel Associat
time to plan out their vacations each year, according to Project:
Time Off, which is sponsored by the U.S. Travel Associat
Time Off, which is sponsored by the U.S. Travel Association.
«Brands always
want to know that you have wholly owned, full -
time employees in those markets.
«We
wanted to reward
employees for those
times when the company really beats the pants off the plan,» says Bob Andrews, director of human resources.
20 percent
time can act as a clear message to your
employees: We believe in you, you're an integral part of our culture, and we
want you to succeed and follow your passions.
You should allow and budget for your
employees to spend a portion of their
time building anything they
want for the company.
The holiday season is prime
time at many small businesses, and they may not have enough staff to accommodate the extra work as well as the
time off many
employees want.
These two Googlers
wanted to show the world what it's like working for the technology giant, so they took advantage of Google's 20 percent
time policy (ergo the name), which allows
employees to work on side projects up to one day a week.
If your junior
employees are not right for the task (or if such a «repetitive» task is not the best use of their
time), then you might
want to consider hiring a virtual assistant.
For example, if a creative CEO is fine with
employees» working from home or
wants everyone to be in the office by a certain
time each day, the expectation must be set and the rule adhered to.
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Employee Complaints: Don't Cut Corners Some employers don't want to take the time or money to conduct a proper investigation so they just fire the accused employee to make the problem
Employee Complaints: Don't Cut Corners Some employers don't
want to take the
time or money to conduct a proper investigation so they just fire the accused
employee to make the problem
employee to make the problem go away.
To sustain a startup - like attitude, in 2009 the Henderson, Nev. - based e-commerce giant launched Zappos Labs, a San Francisco division staffed with 11 full -
time employees dedicated to exploring what consumers
want out of their shopping experiences, then creating new ways for them to engage on the main site.
In short, you as the boss might just
want to be helpful and supportive by offering up these best practices, but nearly half the
time your
employees feel they know how to do their jobs better than you and feel held back by your dictates.
Often
times,
employees just
want to be heard.
While you do
want employees to push back at
times, in a skill - based interview the goal is to assess specific skills, not necessarily to allow candidates to express their individuality.
It sounds too good to be true, but companies are starting to let
employees take as much
time off as they
want... and it's all paid.
For example, you may
want to require that
employees start and stop at specified
times or this could happen: An
employee who ordinarily works an eight - hour day works at home from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. with eight 15 - minutes breaks.
Lady Luck will have a say, but Yemenidjian knows exactly where he
wants to take the Tropicana, and he is determined not to let tough
times or underperforming
employees get in his way.
Employees want more leave
time, and they
want a relationship between their work and personal lives.
The winners also score big on survey questions related to
employee loyalty, with more than nine in 10 team members over 52 saying they're proud of what they accomplish and that they
want to stay with their employers for a long
time.
Do you
want all of your
employees volunteering together (for team - building purposes), or are you more interested in them finding opportunities that matter to them at a
time that is convenient for them?
Thus, a leader also advises managers that they should know what motivates their best
employees if they
want to make them stay loyal to the company for a long
time.
But at the same
time,
employees want their managers to recognize the hurdles they overcome in order to help the team succeed.
We
want to make sure that all
employees are taking the
time needed to renew and recharge for the road ahead.
No one
wants to see
employees covering up their essential beliefs or wasting
time hiding harmless bits of weirdness, but as Jarrett points out, quoting Shakespeare, it is worth keeping in mind that «all the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.»
Research from Great Place to Work shows why this approach is so effective: Surveyed
employees who agree with the statement «I feel I make a difference here» are 6.6
times more likely to say they
want to stay with their companies over the long term, compared to those who don't feel they make a difference.
At the same
time, he
wants to tweak his plan so that it rewards
employees who boost long - term performance, not just the current year's bottom line.
On the afternoon of Monday, January 31, human - resources manager Brown sat anxiously by his phone, waiting for a call from Stack, who was negotiating with Harvester at his lawyer's office in downtown Springfield.Since SRC did not
want to assume Harvester's liabilities to
employees for sick pay and vacation
time, everyone in the plant had to be terminated as soon as the buyout was completed.
Companies like TaskRabbit, which now has 35
employees, don't have the resources to bring on a full -
time human resources staffer, so they need to get creative when they
want to grow.
Bradley
wanted her customers to get the collective knowledge of her 50 - person staff, so she made them all full -
time employees.
People don't
want to spend their
time and energy supporting an
employee they don't trust.
Then the company's HR chief quit abruptly — because, Donovan claims, she felt it was
time to cease operations and let
employees go at that point, while Donovan and her cofounders
wanted to try to secure more funding over the weekend.
A conservative lawyer and former EPA
employee told The
Times that Pruitt «
wanted to be treated like he was the president.»
If an
employee wants to work part
time to take care of an ailing spouse or a sick child, this should be treated as a «demand» for FMLA leave (Family and Medical Leave Act) and not a «request» for a flexible schedule.
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wants you to give money to the ACLU
Is there an
employee that has a hard
time focusing in an open workspace and
wants a day to work in solitude?
But if you can't assign smaller deadlines and
employees want more
time, the best plan may be holding firm.
Real estate services company and two -
time Inc. 5000 honoree GRS Group knew from its inception in 2009 that it
wanted to keep big corporation benefits for its small company
employees.
Dianne Crampton, founder of Tigers Success Series, sums it up best: «The best managers are actively interested in their
employees, learn about their needs and
wants, and give their Millennials immediate in -
time feedback and coaching.»
Not all
employees have the same goals, some
want more education, others flex
time that enables them the chance to see their kids» soccer games.
It's a more complicated argument, but the flip side is that
employees may not
want to work full -
time hours anyway because, under the economics of Obamacare, they can bring home the same amount of money working part
time as they did full
time — and still get benefits.
«It will save you
time and possibly money,» says Nasberg, «if you know in advance whether you will
want to retain already - trained
employees.»
«
Employees want to see that you're embracing [what they say] all the
time,» she says, «and you really have to in order to move the dial on
employee engagement.»
Chubb backs
employees who
want to volunteer, offering
time to do everything from helping out at their child's school to spending weeks away with Habitat for Humanity.
Update: If you
want to know what spurred that change, the New York
Times mentions that over 200,000 customers deleted their accounts, while
employees circulated a 25 - page Google Doc titled «Letters to Travis» explaining how his participation affected them.
Although working off - site for most of their
time, remote
employees still
want to feel their opinion counts regarding company matters.
In an email to
employees on Monday, Krikorian said he
wanted to take
time to focus on his family as they move to California.
I just
wanted to add that a Solo 401k, while great, may not be applicable as most small - business owners who employ full -
time employees will have to make equal contributions to all
employee accounts.
A few
times a year, Zillow Group
employees get to work on whatever they
want as long as it relates to the company's mission.