When the economy gets rough, and profits begin to decline, one place businesses look to make cuts is in the area of employee assistance programs, according to business experts. Most businesses provide such programs on the assumption that it is good for the bottom line – support for employees in their personal lives is designed… Read more »
Posts Tagged: employee satisfaction
Common Workplace Annoyances
The writer Jean-Paul Sartre once said “hell is other people,” which, unfortunately, can be all too true at the workplace! A recent survey by a research firm found that out of 1,000 employees, 43 percent named co-workers’ poor time management skills as the most annoying of traits, while 36 percent reported they disliked office gossipers…. Read more »
Working Remotely Alleviates Employee Stress
Those employees who work at home at least three days a week are more satisfied with their jobs than their colleagues working at a company’s job site. A study from the University of Wisconsin found that telecommuters reported less friction between an their work life and their personal life. In addition, researchers found that remote… Read more »
Job Stress Increases Chances of Recurring Heart Problems
Recent research has shown that people who have had continued stress on the job after returning from a heart attack had double the risk of having a second one. While there has been a number of studies that have shown a connection between stress at work and developing coronary heart disease, there has been little… Read more »
Who Plays Hooky and Why
With the holidays fast approaching, do you find that more of your employees get “sick” the day before a holiday break? And have you ever called in sick when you really weren’t? (Come on, tell the truth…..) If your employees do (or if you’ve ever done so yourself), you and they are not anomalies: A… Read more »
Wasting Time at Work
If your employees waste time at work (yours surely don’t, right?), they’re not alone. A recent survey reported that, out of 2,000 workers in a variety of jobs, two-thirds said they wasted time while on the job. How much time? On average, workers said they wasted almost two hours of work out of an 8.5… Read more »
Generational Differences in the Workplace
Companies tend to believe stereotypes when it comes to how Baby Boomers and Generation Xers work, according to a study by the University of Illinois published earlier this year in the Academy of Management Review. “Our message is the problem isn’t that simple and there are no one-size-fits-all solutions,” said one of the study’s authors,… Read more »
How to Land a Promotion Quicker
Most employees have certain aspirations within their office environment, many of which are centered on moving up in the workplace hierarchy. Promotions are the cornerstone of an employee’s performance and are the driving force behind attempts to do well in every aspect of their job. In most instances, landing a promotion takes time, but there… Read more »
The Right Way to Supply Employee Feedback
Are you a manager at your place of employment? That still makes you an employee. As an employee, do you want to fail at your job? No? Well, neither do most employees. To help your subordinates succeed at their jobs, it’s vital that you supply them with effective, regular feedback. It’s unwise to hope a… Read more »
Effective Problem Solving as a Manager
If you are now, or if you hope to become a manager someday, you’ll need to be a good at problem solving. After all, solving problems is a big part of a manager’s day-to-day work life. So, to help you become better at solving problems, we present the following tips: 1) When starting to tackle… Read more »
