Like many I’ve had a lot of jobs over the years. I’m sat reading the news and there seems to be an increasing shortfall of willing employees for certain sectors. This is backed up by a quick look on indeed etc.
I wonder if some employers have a high turn over of staff because of little things that actually make a difference to an employee, but not the employer. Ime these are some minor things which to an employee meant a lot.
Such as
- provide a toilet if you want someone to work longer than a couple hours.
- provide toilet roll, soap, water and a hand towel for the toilet. Don’t shout at the employee if they provide their own.
- if you expect an employee to wear a uniform for hygiene reasons - don’t provide one covered in mould.
- if it’s a self employed job, say so in the advert or in the interview - don’t act all surprised when the employee asks why NI and tax haven’t been deducted.
- staff handbooks, please make sure they are up to date and have the correct contact details in them.
- apps. If you want staff to use them to log hours, please ensure that you give out the correct app name - not the app name from six years ago. Also please make sure you update your system so the employee can actually log in!
7). Pay the rate stipulated, don’t say “oh sorry the budget couldn’t stretch that far” once the first payday arrives.
- please don’t think that a competitive pay rate is the minimum wage. It isn’t.
- don’t refuse to allow the staff to have holidays. Don’t blame covid, then go on holiday yourself and allow managers to have holiday.
Offering to honour the holiday in the next holiday period doesn’t help.
- if you offer part time hours, someone accepting the job, most likely actually wants part time hours - not 48- 70 hours a week. Please be honest, if it looks like full time hours, then advertise it as so. Don’t get upset when the part timer realises to suddenly to 48+ hours a week, when they agreed to 16-20 hours per week.
- if you have a staff rota, it would be nice if you posted it earlier than 8 hours before demanding someone is in for a shift.
Before anyone jumps on me about lacklustre employees - I know not everyone is a model employee.