HR Analysis Shows Respect Key to Keeping Employees Engaged
An Omaha human resources technology provider recently released its 10th annual report on how America’s best places to work engage and retain talent.
Quantum Workplaces collects data for nearly 50 Best Places to Work programs, including Baird Holm’s annual survey for Omaha, identified best practices for engaging, leveraging, understanding and retaining talented employees.
Among the Omaha firm’s findings, detailed in its new report:
• Disengaged employees were 3.3 times more likely to leave their company within 90 days of taking an engagement survey than highly engaged employees.
• When employees feel the people with whom they work treat one another with respect, they are 4 times more likely to be highly engaged than those who don’t.
• When employees believe their workplace supports their health and wellbeing, they are 3.5 times more likely to be highly engaged than those who don’t.
• When goals and accountabilities are clearly communicated, employees are 2.8 times more likely to be highly engaged.
• When employees believe that they will be recognized by their employers, they are 2.7 times more likely to be highly engaged.
• When employees believe their immediate manager directly cares about their development, they are 3.1 times more likely to be highly engaged than those who don’t.
• When employees witness professional growth and career development opportunities within their own organizations, they are 2.5 times more likely to be highly engaged than those who don’t.
• Employee engagement went from 78% of employees at the start of 2020 to 70% when COVID-19 first hit the U.S. After safety restrictions were put into place, though, 83% of employees were highly engaged. That peak was 11% higher than engagement levels in the same period of 2019.
• Despite working remotely due to COVID-19, 3 out of 4 employees remain highly engaged.
“It is obvious that employee engagement is more important now than ever since the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic,” Greg Harris, Quantum Workplace co-founder and CEO, said in a news release. “Employees are still demanding the same elements and experiences from their workplaces to feel engaged and successful – even during the worst of times, such as those we’re currently undergoing.”
Harris added that Quantum’s findings can be applied to companies of all shapes and sizes that are seeking to develop a high-performance culture.
Quantum crunched data from 1.2 million employee engagement surveys from more than 12,000 companies for its 2020 report.
The report also includes analysis of external economic and workplace trends, real-life case studies and advice from Quantum’s employee engagement experts. Find the complete report at quantumworkplace.com/2020-employee-engagement-trends.
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