Leveling Up Your Employee Experiences: Making Workplaces a Treat, Not a Trick

With Halloween upon us, we can all expect spooky surprises, but an employee experience shouldn’t be one of them. Just like a haunted house, a workplace without engagement, transparency and support can become a nightmare, leaving employees spooked and ready to bolt. Below are some not-so-spooky tips for making your workplace a treat and not a trick.??

Don’t Ghost Your Employees: Create a Memorable Onboarding Experience?

Thirty-nine percent of employees say a poor onboarding experience would prompt them to look for a new job. Silence is eerie and can make employees feel isolated or undervalued. Regular check-ins and updates following onboarding are essential.?

isolved HR Services Tip: Make a great first impression with digital onboarding to make the process simple. Schedule regular feedback sessions and send out pulse surveys to keep a pulse on employee sentiment. Ghosting employees—whether after interviews or feedback cycles—leaves a lasting negative impression.?

Escape the Witching Hours of Overwork: Embrace Work-Life Balance?

Long hours can turn your once-vibrant team into a group of disengaged zombies. In fact, 79% of employees say they’ve suffered from burnout over the last year. Even scarier, 89% of employees say it is impacting their performance.??

isolved HR Services Tip: Encourage breaks and promote work-life balance to keep your team from becoming overworked. If you don’t, you pose the risk of your employees ‘quiet vacationing ’ where they take their work-life balance into their own hands by taking downtime, and even vacations, without informing their manager. Implementing flexible schedules, wellness programs and clear boundaries help employees recharge and stay productive. ?

Offer Treats (Not Tricks): Provide Meaningful Benefits?

Don’t let your benefits be a trick in disguise. Now more than ever, employees are leaving their current roles in search of better benefits like wellness initiatives and modern benefits. Forty percent say that these initiatives keep them engaged at work, yet only 16 percent of employers are offering them. In addition, leveraging a human capital management (HCM) platform can empower employees! Employees want to utilize the tech to handle their payroll and benefit tasks through self-service.???

isolved HR Services Tip: Go beyond traditional benefits! Make sure you consider not just what employees need but what they want. Introduce mental health support, remote work options or learning stipends that resonate with your employees' priorities. Keep in mind that there is no one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to a benefits package. Needs and preferences vary across different generations – vision benefits are three times more important to Boomers than Millennials, for example, while tuition and student debt relief resonate nearly twice as much to younger generations. ?

Prevent Exit Nightmares: Focus on Retention Strategies?

Losing employees unexpectedly can feel like a curse. Turnover is costly, and the reasons behind it often come down to lack of benefits, poor work-life balance or a frightful onboarding experience. It’s important for employers to address gaps within their workforce to not just allow career progression for their employees but to also maximize retention efforts.???

isolved HR Services Tip: Develop career paths within the organization, provide mentoring programs and recognize achievements regularly to keep employees motivated and invested in their future at the company. Learning management systems (LMS) are a great place to start. By utilizing an LMS with ?artificial intelligence, you can provide personalized recommendations to employees.???

No one wants to be spooked at work (unless it’s from the Halloween decor). By focusing on employee engagement, thoughtful benefits and strong retention strategies, you can turn your workplace into a treat that lasts far beyond the spooky season. ?

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