Effects of Poorly Treated Employees in the Workplace

For this blog we are going to go slightly off the beaten path as I tell you a little about a recent communications project we did in our Business Administration course.

A classmate and I completed a communications project today regarding Employee Treatment and the effects that it has in the workplace.

How often do you hear a person complain about work and not being able to get adequate amounts cooperation from their employers. Our research was done through two surveys, an employee and an employer survey, and some internet research.

We found that 44% of those we surveyed said that they have at some point had a job in which they felt they were not treated "fairly". This amount to me is a little bit too high.

In today's society it takes more then money to recruit and maintain employees. A lot of how employees feel they are treated are based upon the benefits that they receive. Employees tend to want benefits of monetary value while employers tend to want to give benefits of little or no monetary value. Somewhere in the middle the two parties have to meet with a happy medium.

We compiled a few recommendations that can help with this:
    The employee should

1. Upon receiving the job inquire about the job aspects and know what to expect out of the job including benefits and wages.
2. Try to keep a civilized environment, working in a tense environment only leads to problems.
3. Keep an open path of communication with the employer.                     

    The employer should

1. Inform the employee upon receiving the job about what they can expect out of the job including          wages and benefits. This leaves no room for confusion in the future.
2. Look for some cost efficient ways to benefit your employees, though it may have little monetary value, employees still value appreciate this.
3. Keep the work fresh using things such as job rotation. A bored employee can often feel that they are not treated well or feel that they work in a pleasant work environment.

To successfully do this some types of marketing must be implemented as the business attempts to figure out the best route. Things such as surveys, which are commonly used in marketing, must be used to get an idea of what the employee wants.

This however is only a brief summary of the report! I hope you enjoyed it as it was a change from the marketing aspect of the blog.