The truth is, it’s much easier to keep employees than hire new ones. Employing new personnel is pretty expensive and inconvenient.

But how do you exactly make your employees stay motivated and happy?

Here is another truth: money is not everything. Though most of them are motivated to earn a lot at work, the salary does not define an employee’s loyalty to the company. Thus, you should think of ways far beyond that. Here are some pointers to make employees stay at the company:

1. Focus on the children.
One of the foremost reasons why employees are working is because they want to support their families, especially their children (if they have any). They would be surely happy if they can sense you are also into their cause.

What You Can Do: If you can afford it, set up a day care center within your office. You can also affiliate your business to educational facilities where your employees can enjoy discounts. Think about having a children’s day when your staff can bring along their kids at work.

2. Help them take care of their health.
Too much stress can be detrimental to their health. Their immune system suffers, they get sick a lot of times, and they find it more difficult to take care of their loved ones and themselves. They cannot even perform their duties well.

What You Can Do: Affiliate with health clubs and gyms. Train them for stress and time management. Honor their leaves, and as much as possible, spare their weekends.

3. Enhance their skills and talents.
Plenty of those who decide to resign at work are those who have found better opportunities elsewhere, including the ability to be trained to enhance their skills or gain new ones. You can help them develop a much better career path. Moreover, you can benefit from it since their new techniques can be applied into their work.

What You Can Do: Always conduct regular appraisals or evaluations to determine the level of skill and needs of your employees. This way, you can develop training programs for them. You can do it by module to make sure the employees improve their skills at their own pace.

4. Focus more on performance rather than seniority.
There are still some companies who offer promotions to those who have been around in the organization for the longest time. But longevity does not really tell you about a person’s effectiveness. Many of the new ones have proven themselves to be equally good, if not better than their older counterparts.

What You Can Do: Give more emphasis on performance than on loyalty. Offer incentives to those who can exceed your quotas and expectations. Provide recognition to those who have contributed to your company, regardless of their tenure.

5. Be more transparent.
Do not treat your staff like mere employees. They would also want to contribute to the growth and success of your company. You can make yourself more open or transparent, so they would know what they can do to help you out.

What You Can Do: Conduct regular meetings or assemblies to discuss company issues that concern them. Delegate tasks and allow them to head smaller projects. Develop an information portal that they can check when they want to read the latest news about the company.

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