Does your shipping workplace run smoothly? Are employees unified and engaged with their work? These are important questions to ask about your business. When you have happy employees, your operations will run smoothly, and you’ll experience lower employee turnover rates.
Managers are usually the frontline when it comes to ensuring workers are productive. These are also the people who typically ensure employee happiness.
There are several ways to ensure employees are happy and engaged with their work:
1) Hire the right workers: your company has its own culture. When searching for new workers, look for those who will be a good fit within your company’s culture. This is crucial to both their success and happiness within the company. In addition, if new hires’ personalities just don’t mesh with the company culture, you may find productivity issues develop later.
2) Value your employees: research has shown that when employees feel valued, they tend to be happier and more productive. Don’t take employees for granted. Instead, express gratitude for their hard. Let them know how their work affects the company and clients.
In addition, listen to your employees’ needs and desires. Show them you care, and you’ll see their job satisfaction increase.The workers will also stay motivated and work better as a team.
3) Create a positive work environment:make the work environment one that encourages employees to have fun and smile more. Make it a place that’s more fun by running contests, offering prizes, etc. Here are some ideas to try:
• Recognition by peers: have coworkers recommend one another for recognition.
• Social media: offer a reward to employees who share important news and other relevant content about the company on social media.
• Raffles: see who can fulfill the most orders, and when employees meet the goal, give them a raffle ticket. Allow employees to collect raffle tickets throughout the month. At the end of the month, draw a number and offer prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. The 1st place prize should be the most valuable.
• Time off: award an employee who has worked the most hours with a day off.
These are a few ideas to get you started. Rewards can include gift certificates to local stores, online retailers, restaurants and more. Contests can make the work environment more fun and increase employee happiness.
4) Offer flexible work hours: for employees with family responsibilities, flexible work times can be a great benefit. Not only that, but employees who do the same work every day at the same time can quickly become disengaged and unmotivated with their work.
Instead, create a flexible work schedule that allows employees to work different hours that may be a better fit for their family or lifestyle. This can help to reduce your employee turnover rates, while ensuring workers are happy.
5) Take safety seriously: anyone who feels unsafe in their workplace will not want to stay there. They won’t feel comfortable and will always worry about being injured on the job. This not only hurts morale but takes their focus off the job. Instead work to create a safe work environment.
You may want to ask employees about the safety issues they’re dealing with. You may be surprised at what comes up in this conversation. Next, take steps to fix any safety issues that may cause worry and anxiety. Make your workplace safe, and employees will be freed from worry and instead be able to focus all their attention on their work. Moreover, you can take employee safety to the next level by offering them with group life insurance. In this way, you will make them feel more valued while providing them with a better and secure workplace environment.
6) Offer training: this is a great way to encourage employees in their work. Offer them additional training on safety issues, how to handle damaged equipment, and more. Doing so will empower your employees and give them the knowledge to deal with problems and issues on the job.
Not only will employees be more engaged, but your business will run smoother and you’ll retain happy employees.
7) Offer positive feedback: this is a great way to offer recognition to employees when they do great work. For one thing, it shows that you’re aware of their work. Being acknowledged in front of their peers for their hard work and accomplishments alsolets employees know they’re valued and their work is appreciated.
You can acknowledge and show appreciation for good work by saying “Thank you,” or “Well done.” Make sure this praise is sincere when given.
You might also consider having the manager take the employee out for lunch as a way to reward their good work. Just be creative and find ways that work for your company. Acknowledging employees’ good work and accomplishments is a great way to improve their happiness and engagement with their job.
Conclusion
These are a few ways you can improve your employees’ happiness in the shipping workplace. With happier employees, you’ll find their productivity increases, and you may even experience business growth. Happy employees are a great investment for your company.
