Close the Doors Leading to Dissatisfaction
Not all employees drop ill when stressed, exhausted, or dissatisfied. It was quite known that many employees will continue coming to work despite not feeling well whether physically, or psychologically. They are there at their desks, either waiting for a better opportunity or simply not totally exhausted or dissatisfied to leave.
However, dissatisfied, and stressed-out employees impact productivity big time. Therefore, even if managers are not into employee well-being, they need to, even if they only care about productivity because the gate to productivity is an engaged and satisfied employee!
But what are the reasons behind employees’ dissatisfaction?
Well, the causes are numerous. Let’s take a look at some of them:
Not Enough Career Growth or Chances for Advancement
Employees who do not see themselves in the long-term plans of their organization are dissatisfied. To employees, this reflects a lack of concern for their future. To make things worse, sometimes organizations won’t promote an employee since they perform well in their position. They don’t want to risk someone else doing the job after their job not to risk productivity. Employees who are dissatisfied with their status tend to resent the organization. Therefore, ensure that your employees are promoted and compensated along with well-known standards and career plans. This will reflect on their loyalty and engagement
No Clear Purpose or Goals
Employees need to feel they are working towards a purpose or goal. They need to feel that their jobs where they spend almost a third of their days are worthwhile. This reflects directly on employees’ emotional well-being as they feel engaged in daily activities. Even then, the mundane tasks will reflect a purpose as they help create bigger jobs.
Lack of Interesting work
Most employees want to perform challenging tasks. They seek an interesting job through which they feel empowered to make decisions and overcome obstacles. Performing mainly routine and monotonous tasks as the major chunk of the job leads to dissatisfaction. This, in turn, impacts the emotional well-being of employees who feel they are just a means to an end without care or concern about their development and growth, even if the compensation for such a job is high. Today’s workers say they’d rather have a fulfilling job than a high-paying one if they had to choose.
Stuck with Poor Management
Employees indeed leave managers, not companies. Poor management varies between micromanagement, not giving enough or proper feedback, lack of care about the employee in person, or lack of motivation. The poor management array is wide. The better the managerial and leadership skills of a manager, the better this reflects on employees’ well-being, whether emotionally or physically, which reflects on higher levels of productivity.
1Chron, 26 Nov 2018, Rose Johnson, Key Reasons for Job Dissatisfaction and Poor Employee performance, Accessed 4 Dec 2021, https://smallbusiness.chron.com/key-reasons-job-dissatisfaction-poor-employee-performance-25846.html
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