| There was one movie where a teacher gave all | | | | |
| of her students an initial grade of A. When | | | | 2. You can get a feedback about work-related |
| asked why she did that, she said that it is | | | | issues. |
| harder to maintain this high grade rather | | | | |
| than starting from scratch and earning it. | | | | When distributing human resources surveys, be |
| | | | as direct and specific as possible. Ask you |
| The same principle can be applied in the | | | | employees what they think of the food in the |
| corporate world. It is easy enough to hire | | | | pantry. |
| new employees rather than keeping them | | | | |
| satisfied in the workplace and making them | | | | Are their earning enough money? Do they feel |
| stay on their current jobs. | | | | as if their requests regarding employee |
| | | | benefits are being processed on time? How do |
| Take a look at these quick facts: | | | | they feel about their immediate superiors? |
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| - Companies find it ten times more costly and | | | | What do they think of the existing office |
| time-consuming to hire and train a new | | | | rules and company regulations? How do they |
| employee rather than keeping an existing | | | | rate the overall operations of the company |
| employee. | | | | from a scale of one to ten, ten being the |
| | | | highest? |
| - An employee who leaves a company does not | | | | |
| usually voice out his or her exact reason for | | | | By asking such important questions, your |
| leaving. Although the most common causes are | | | | employees will feel that you care enough to |
| dissatisfaction with the salary, co-workers | | | | ask them about what they think and send a |
| or the work environment, there are real | | | | message that you are going to do something |
| reasons behind the supposed reasons why | | | | about the matters that they find |
| employees leave their jobs. | | | | dissatisfactory. |
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| - Most companies fail to hear out the | | | | 3. You can figure out potential problems. |
| concerns of their employees when it comes to | | | | |
| compensation and other work-related concerns. | | | | From the feedback and results of the human |
| | | | resources surveys, you can point out |
| Basically, the thrust of these facts is that | | | | potential problem areas about the general |
| it is more difficult and time consuming to | | | | operations of your company. |
| hire new employees rather than keep the new | | | | |
| ones, so why not just keep your existing | | | | If there are a lot of complaints and negative |
| personnel satisfied and not give them any | | | | feedback about the slowness of the processing |
| reason to leave their jobs? | | | | of employee benefits, you can take action and |
| | | | see to it that the process is improved. |
| One of the most effective ways to know your | | | | |
| employees are thinking is by distributing | | | | You can further work on the perks and |
| human resources surveys. Here are the | | | | benefits that your employees find |
| advantages of human resource surveys: | | | | satisfactory. |
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| 1. You would have an idea if your employees | | | | All in all, human resources surveys are the |
| are satisfied with their current | | | | key into the minds of your employees. Your |
| compensation. | | | | goal as a company is to provide the best |
| | | | products and services that you can offer, |
| The rule is, you will never know unless you | | | | while maintaining the satisfaction of your |
| ask. You might think that a clerk or your | | | | local personnel and turning your company into |
| receptionist is earning enough, but what if | | | | one of the best places to work for. |
| she thinks otherwise? | | | | |
| | | | By having a glimpse of your employee's minds, |
| Most employees feel that they are overworked | | | | you would know what to do about their |
| and underpaid, and isn't it better to know | | | | complaints and take measure to improve the |
| beforehand what exactly they are thinking | | | | things in your company that they find |
| before they hand you a resignation letter | | | | lacking. Thus, you will have a satisfied work |
| because they were offered a higher salary by | | | | force who will help your company climb its |
| a competitor? | | | | way to the top. |