By Charlotte Boffey, UK Head of Services for Employment Hero Letโs face it, so much of our day-to-day lives revolves around whatโs happening on social media. Particularly when it comes to cultural themes and hot topics, which typically blossom from some sort of online trend.ย Workplace culture is no exception. Especially with the financial challenges of […]
Staff Retention
How awareness of workplace trends helps retain happy employeesย
Spying on employees doesn’t work, good management is key to good performance
Staff retention and the overall performance of businesses are not improved by management spying on the employee, so replace it with good management, says ActiveOps. Spying is on the up and webcam monitoring has more than doubled according to recent research covering a third of UK workers. Bosses and business owners are using surveillance tools […]
A third of workers receive no recognitionโฆ
Staff shortages and retention are the biggest concerns for businesses across the UK in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, as demand for workers continues to hit new records. According to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), the UK is experiencing the worst staff shortages since 1997, with a 200% increase in advertised vacancies. And […]
Bumper pay increases set for professionals in 2022 as companies look to hold onto talent
Salaries for white collar professionals will increase by as much as 25% in the first quarter of 2022, as companies bouncing back after the Omicron-slowdown fight to hold onto their best staff. According to the findings from theย Robert Walters 2022 UK Salary Guide, professional services firms are planning to increase their budget for pay raises […]
What incentives make UK employees change jobs?
A new survey of 1,021 UK workers undertaken by Marketing Signals has revealed that 78% of UK employees would move jobs if they were offered the chance to work fully remote on a permanent basis. When asked the reasons as to why working remotely would make them take the leap of moving jobs, 60% said […]
Businesses must act now to hold on to most valuable asset
By Nicole Alvino, Co-Founder and CSO, Firstup… Employees across the globe are voting with their feet, with a well-documented post-pandemic resignation boom already underway. It seems that the last eighteen months or so has given people the time to pause for thought, to reflect on their workplace environment, and many it seems are becoming disillusioned […]
Pandemic is fuelling staff churn and wellbeing concerns
HR software provider Breathe has revealed the cost of poor company culture: a staggering ยฃ20.2 billion per year. The report, โThe Culture Economy 2021โ, has shown that almost a third (27%) of SME employees quit their job due to poor workplace culture, an increase of 6% from last year (21%). It found that 9 in […]
Employers who say ‘thank you’ more likely to keep staff
Business leaders who thank their staff experience reduced staff turnover, improved staff retention and more successful talent acquisition.ย A study of 1,253 workers, carried out by workplace and incentives provider,ย One4all Rewards and published inย The Magic Word for Business Growth Report, surveyed workers on the impact their existing and potential employers and bosses have when they […]
Learn about staff retention from Take The Mike at The Meetings Show
Take The Mike are running an interactive session atย The Meetings Show on Wednesday 26th June at 1.50pm-2.50pm in the Pillar Room. Delegates will have an opportunity to see staff retention challenges of the workplace.ย Unresolved workplace issues can affect staff retention, dramatically increasing costs for replacing your valuable employees. Take The Mike aim to prevent this. […]