If your company is looking for ways to improve its company culture, boost its Employee Benefits Package or strengthen its employee-friendly reputation, you may be searching for new and innovative ways of measuring employee wellbeing. Although successfully tracking employee wellbeing may seem like a complicated endeavor, there are several straightforward ways to cut to the chase, gather the information you need, and put it to work to improve employee satisfaction. Even if your company has a small HR department, you can still identify key metrics and conduct simple analyses to improve employee wellbeing by following these steps.

Mine Through Surveys and Human Resources Data to Analyze Well-Being

One simple way to gauge employee well-being is to conduct employee surveys on a regular basis. Additionally, you may be able to collect other information as permitted by your human resources department. You may want to:

• Run regular employee satisfaction surveys to gauge current well-being
• Conduct optional company-wide meetings where employees can voice concerns about stressful issues in the workplace
• Analyze workplace metrics, including work output, frequency of absences, and more to gain a better sense of current employee well-being
• Examine management data from any employee assistance programs

Stay Vigilant and Keep an Eye Out for Employee Discontentment

One qualitative way your managers can assess employee well-being is by becoming familiar with signs of employee burnout. Encourage on-the-ground managers to remain vigilant and look out for signs of employee discontentment, which may include:

• Sluggish levels of efficiency and productivity
• Frequent sick days
• Widespread complaints of headaches and fatigue
• Increased irritability or suspiciousness
• Low levels of civility among work colleagues
• Frequent mistakes in routine work

Focus on Improving Your Company Culture to Boost Employee Happiness

Even the most thorough HR reports and most eagle-eyed managers cannot replace a healthy company culture. If you suspect that your current culture does not do enough to support employee well-being, you may want to implement team-building and morale-boosting activities. For example, make sure to:

• Provide proper recognition when employees perform well
• Start company-wide challenges with fun prizes to act as an incentive and motivator for great work
• Host free employee retreats at least once a year
• Offer snacks and other on-site perks to improve everyday employee quality of life
• Encourage a positive, uplifting culture throughout your company to avoid toxic negativity

Whether your company is currently working on setting up an extensive new Employee Benefits Package or you’re looking to gauge employee satisfaction, improve your company culture and boost your industry reputation, it’s important to regularly analyze key employee well-being metrics. By following this guide, you can extract the information you need to better keep up with your employees’ satisfaction levels. Try conducting surveys, examining HR data, looking out for potential warning signs, and implementing culture-building activities to increase employee well-being at your company.

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