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What do you mean when you say employee happiness? Because this list is pretty much what I'd reckon constitutes employee happiness.
For you. Some people just want to sit for 8 hours, go home, and watch football.
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That's the point: those questions influence both employe happiness and company success. But employee happiness does not _directly_ influence company success.
But OP claimed that the two aren't even correlated . Correlation just means that when goes up, the other tends go up (or down, as the case may be). It doesn't make any claim on whether there's a direct influence or not. Hence the common refrain: correlation is not causation.
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I know a lot of engineers that work for Amazon that are happy. Warehouse workers on the other hand...
It's just one random data point but one of my personal friends said: « I still have many friends & family working in Amazon fulfillment centers across the country, and every single one of them says it’s the best job they’ve ever had. » https://twitter.com/chadloder/status/1154275824951943168
I do agree with this. I briefly had a few blue collar jobs: it's hard for workers to assert their existing rights, culturally and legally.
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My point is that you have to keep your key people content, else they will leave. During a downturn, you especially want your key engineers, best sales reps, most well-connected customer liaisons to stay around. If they leave, this will hit the bottom line, and getting a replacement will be expensive, or often impossible. This is a known way into oblivion [1]. There are booming industries where the boom mostly floats…
Hey I'm an Amazon warehouse worker, and while I would have to agree, I love the chances to climb to management or an actual career. I'm part of the career choice program which pays for 95% of my college tuition, fees, and books for an IT program (which I chose). The job is boring but not too difficult. I know others might say otherwise though.
Now you need the job more then the job needs you; eventually you may find yourself in a position where employers compete to have you in the team instead.
I use a book called "first break all the rules" It is also based on gallup data. They determined that employee happiness was not correlated to company success. They did find that the following questions in order were highly correlated to company success. 1. Do I know what is expected of me at work? 2. Do I have the materials and equipment I need to do my work right? 3. At work, do I have the opportunity to do what I…
Nevertheless at the time and for a few years after, that company dominated its sector.
When I started in a management role, I set out to make sure my team members were happy. As time goes on, oddly enough, you realise that happiness is not chief among the qualities that make for a well functioning team.
I found it is more about an equilibrium or balance.
People don't always have to be happy, they have to be motivated.