People in an office are like a tiny community, and their happiness or morale should be of concern to the office managers. It’s been found that a boss who shares in the duties of the staff is more well-liked than one who only delegates.
Are the people there happy? Are they lacking anything important? Do they have suggestions to offer? Are they asked to work mandatory overtime hours? Do they always get their breaks and lunches on time? Do they have to work weekends, on their days off, split shifts, or do they have separated days off?
What Comes Around, Goes Around
Nobody likes being treated as if they don’t matter. Every person who works there is a reflection of the management. If they’re unhappy, rude and ill-trained, how does that look on the manager?
Consider this small community under the manager’s keep; in order to get more production out of the community, the manager must provide things that will make the people feel like working for him. Ordering them around may get the job done, but they may not care about doing a good job.
According to a recent survey, the happiest employees in the world work for Facebook and Google. Facebook provides each employee with their own laptop and in the middle of the office is a ping pong table.
The office is in a complex complete with a health clinic for employees, a movie theater, coffee shops, cafes, a daycare and all kinds of perks. They even have paid sick days, weeks if they need it. Well cared for employees will want to work and do a good job for the company.
