Importance of Employee Relations in Your Company
Is there a difference in the way employees interact with each other in institutions? Have you ever thought of how that could affect the performance of an organization? Is there a way these interactions can be monitored/ controlled?
You cannot compare an institution where people talk freely to each other during break time with one that has “classes” among its employees.
The relationship between employees in a particular institution affect the performance of that company. In an environment where there is no “classes” the overall results of the combined team is higher than the one with “classes”.
Employee relations is usually defined as the relationship between the employer and the employees. However, employee relation should be considered as the relationship between individuals in an institution irrespective of their positions.
Employee relations is a responsibility left for the human resource department to address and that is where most institutions fail, it should not be departmental but rather every individual should have a good relationship with each other in order to have an enabling environment;
Reasons why employee relations is crucial for your institution:
Decision making
Some decisions at the work place needs totally unrelated experience to make. In an environment where employs relate with each other well, it will be easier for the person in need for assistance to reach out to the person they want to ask for guidance. Employees can also discuss a topic or projects freely without feeling that it’s a certain person’s duty to settle it all by themselves.
Good decisions are crucial for a company’s success and if they can be made as a group, then the chances of arriving at the best decision is higher than when its one person who has to square it by himself/herself.
Loyalty
In a situation where the employees feel they are being treated well and the little they are doing is being appreciated, they tend to be loyal to their employer. It is hard to earn loyalty of someone who you only communicate via e-mail.
Both the employer and the employees should be open to one another, when things are tough, the employer should come out clear and explain to employees. This makes employees to feel at home while at work thus being loyal to their employer. Loyalty is Royalty.
Makes work easier
Good employee relations promotes team work among the employees at different levels. This makes work easier since everyone is in good terms with one another. Consultations can be made freely, other employs are willing to chip in without feeling overburdened.
This makes it easy to attain the company’s goals easily as compared to when everybody is working on their own and nobody willing to help their colleague out.
Discourage conflicts
Conflicts at the work place is a nightmare to any employer. One of the ways to eliminate or reduce such conflicts is by creating a good employee relations among your employees and the management.
Reduces absenteeism
In an environment where employees feel unappreciated, they will use the slightest available opportunity be absent from work. With good relationship at the work place, employees are motivated to report to work because they know they are likely to find someone to motivate them.
Increased productivity
The aim of any company is to meet its objectives at all times, in order to achieve that then it is crucial for the company to invest in employee relations. When there is a good relationship among employees and management, then productivity is high since everyone is motivated in the work they are doing.
Poor employee relations contributes to a larger percentage to companies making loses, employees going on strike and work place conflicts. It is therefore important for institutions to invest in building a good employee relations.
In our next blog we shall discuss how companies can improve their employee relations.