The general narrative is that job satisfaction is tied directly to an employee’s earnings. In fact, many studies have shown that a person’s wage is not closely tied to a person’s job satisfaction levels at all. Growth, level of autonomousness, and connection to colleagues are considered to be the top three attributes of job satisfaction. Also, exposure to sunlight can have a positive influence on job satisfaction.
Happy employees do better work so making sure your employees have job satisfaction can greatly affect your business’s bottom line. Rather than trying to simply mask job satisfaction problems by giving employees a raise, in the hope they will be happier on the job and in turn be more productive, treat a raise for what it is: achieving parody between workers and rewarding performance.
If you want better employees, focus on initiatives that will help them grow professionally, give them greater job autonomy, and look for ways to get employees together socially and professionally.
What changes can you make to give your employees more job satisfaction and in turn create superior business results?
