The Ideal Work Environment
Introduction:
The work environment has a quantifiable impact on employee job satisfaction, team morale, and motivation. Employees would get more enthusiastic to report to work daily whenever favorable work environment. The work environment includes the company's growth opportunities, culture, location, facilities, and interaction between employees and employers. In many instances, employers are prompt to ask employees about their preferred work environment to ascertain their suitability during the recruitment processes (Van Horn and W. Stinnett, 42). For instance, if the company is a fast-paced, target-driven sales environment, a candidate who cannot manage pressure may not fit the job.
Additionally, employees' satisfaction, performance levels, and motivation will gradually drop whenever they are uncomfortable with their working environment. Unhappy employees are prone to accepting alternative job offers and propagating hate and negativity amongst their workmates. For instance, in Norwich, UK, the majority of the employees in the city have reported being happy working in the city. People say they love their jobs. According to Lauren Razavi, a local journalist, Norwich is one of the few cities that retains a solid identity and a sense of community; for instance, people still say hello to one another along the streets (Uglis et al. 37). Therefore, below are the features of an ideal work...
Effective
communication between employees and employers
An ideal work environment is where leaders communicate their objectives, culture, strategies, and goals and abide by them. Also, there ought to be a transparent and open channel of communication between the employees and their managers and supervisors. The company's leadership has to listen to concerns and issues raised by or of concern...
…job satisfaction (Kivindu et al. 109). For instance, employees with a balanced work-life will have time to attend to other critical aspects of their lives, like spiritual pursuits, hobbies, and
family.
d. Recognition and Rewards for high performance
Sometimes employees can work for extra hours without pay to achieve their goals within the timelines. Rewarding such tremendous efforts encourage employees to put more effort into the future. Furthermore, they feel appreciated and recognized. For instance, just a verbal recognition from the supervisor is good enough in some cases to make the employees feel happy and appreciated. Therefore, managers have to learn to appreciate both individual and team performance (Van Horn and W. Stinnett, 45). Creating a positive work environment will help reduce employee turnover rates. A positive work environment results in motivation and job satisfaction, thus, improving employee…
