Employee Engagement: Seven Factors to Dissatisfaction, Two Solutions

Have you wondered what employee engagement really is? It is the study of what business factors lead to disengaged employees. But, what does that really mean? What is a disengaged employee?

A new report put together by WarrenShepell and Canadian HR Reporter shows the top seven factors of employee dissatisfaction in a workplace. They are:

1. Their trust in the Senior Management
2. If they feel they have been asked the opion of for important matters in the company
3. If they clearly understand the organization's strategy and vision
4. Their trust in their supervisors
5. If they recieve recognition and praise for the good work they do
6. If they have a level of input in the decisions that affect their work
7. If they percieve their supervisors as considerate and caring of their well being

So what do disengaged employees really do with their time? A study conducted by Salary.com shows that productivity losses in a company are caused by a number of factors including:

1. Surfing the Internet for personal use - 44.7%
2. Socializing with co-workers - 23.4%
3. Conducting personal business (technical and non-technical) - 6.8%
4. Spacing out - 3.9%
5. Running errands away from the premises - 3.1%

44.7% of the loss is due to Surfing the Internet! This cost is translated to 339 Billion dollars wasted each year in the USA. Canadians follow at about 10% of that which is about 34 Billion!

To summarize, employees need to have their psychological and emotional needs met in order to be productive. If not, they waste the bulk of their time away on the Internet costing businesses Billions of dollars!

A good solution to the problem of employee disengagement is to ensure that a clear system is in place to meet these psychological and emotional needs. The implementation of which should be done by evaluating the seven factors listed above. Next, a monitoring solution should be in place to ensure that employee engagement is consistent.

We offer an orientation that outlines the challenges of, and solutions to, productivity losses due to technology misuse. This information is available at no-cost to qualified businesses in the Greater Toronto Area as a marketing test. Please contact the IT Werks Sales Team to book the orientation.