How to Increase Employee Happiness

A company can never be successful without its employees, but with the decreasing unemployment rates, the employee can easily switch jobs if they feel dissatisfied with the company in some way or the other.

Before joining a company they always ensure that the new company they are planning to join is having a happy employee base.

Let us understand, why employee happiness is important and the most benefits like

• Retention
• Team Connection
• Creative thinking
• Productivity
• Leadership abilities

Things that keep employees happy

For different employees, different things keep them happy, but some of the common things searched by the employees are

Benefits regarding growth and opportunities

• Employees usually look for benefits from the company like if they get extra paid vacation or incentives, etc. Employees always look out for the opportunities highlighted by their leader. This helps them to learn more skills.

Compensation or Employee Perks

• Employee mostly works for growth and perks. Companies offer perks of varied kinds like health coverage, promotion, etc. Gauge the employees’ expectations. Though you cannot meet all of their expectations, you will get an idea about what matters to them the most, and then you can decide.

Appreciate their good works

• Appreciation works in the long run. Every employee is different. Some value money, some value recognition, or some value position. But, most of them vie for the appreciation for the work they have done. Reward in the form of recognition sometimes works better than money.

Also Read: Appraisal and Employee Performance Appraisal Process

Flexible working schedule

• After corona times, most employees are now preferring work from home. Though it is impossible for all kinds of jobs, it shows that flexibility is the key. Lend help to your employees to have a work-life balance.

Maintain constant communication

• When managers do not communicate properly with the employees, they feel demotivated. All the managers are expected to communicate with the employees properly, whether be it about the goals of the company or the work pattern of the employee. This builds confidence amongst the employees.

Also read: Employee Appreciation

Pay fairly

• Fair compensation for their work remains the number one motivator for employees to stick to their jobs. Along with the payment, employee perks in different ways also help. For example, providing health, vision, dental coverage, etc.

There are some more points that you must focus on

• Overall company culture
• Two-way feedback
• Give new development opportunities and challenges
• Proper Health benefits
• Periodic Training
• Casual Dress Code
• Relationship building
• Company events
• Take them seriously

Also read: Employee Retention Credit

How to Measure Employee Happiness

Many sophisticated techniques and ways have been developed to measure employees’ happiness. Some of the common tools used by companies to measure employee happiness are –

• Employee Happiness Index or ESI (Employee Satisfaction Index)
• Productivity index focus
• Employee wellness surveys
• Conduct Anonymous surveys
• Use Employee Net Promoter Score (NPS)
• Have 1-on-1 meetings (Formal and Informal both)
• Install employee suggestion box
• Use some employee satisfaction measuring software like TINYpulse, 15Five, etc.