What Do You Need to Know About Employee Engagement?

As Wikipedia defines, ‘Employee Engagement is a property of the relationship between an organization and its employees’.

An engaged employee is often regarded as the one who is completely absorbed and enthusiastic about their job and work. Engaged employees always think about the betterment of the organizational interest and reputation.

General Behavior Demonstrated by an Engaged Employee:

• ·       Believe in the organizational goals.
• ·       Self-driven and desire to work for the betterment of the organization.
• ·       Greater understanding of business contexts and their contribution towards achieving the ‘big picture’.
• ·       Respectful and helpful.
• ·       Willing to go that extra mile
• ·       Updated with the developments in the field.

Most of the time, engagement is overlapped by the concepts of commitment and organizational citizenship behavior, but there is a minute difference. Employee Engagement is a two way street, which starts with organizations working to engage the employees who infact has a choice about the level of engagement to offer back to the company.

However, reality differs with the concept. Organizations on an average severely fail to engage their employees.

Let’s have a look at 13 Harsh Realities of Employee Engagement:

1. 88% of the employees don’t feel passionate about their work.
2. 80% of the senior management is not passionate about their work.
3. Employee disengagement costs over $500 billion annually to the US economy.
4. Over 57% work interruptions occur due to social media tools or applications.
5. Government sector employees have lowest rate of engagement.
6. 86% of businesses and HRs believe that they don’t have a good leadership development path.
7. 79% of the businesses and HRs believe that they have significant retention and employee engagement problem.
8. 75% face difficulties in attracting and recruiting top talents.
9.  83% feel the need of having a compelling and engaging employer brand.
10.  Only 6% of the HRs believe in current management system.
11. 2/3^rd of the workforce feel overwhelmed.
12. 50% adults work over 40 hours per week.
13. 80% wishes to work for few less hours.

*Data has been derived from several employee engagement and market surveys.

What can be done?

Ground realities of employee engagement are bitter. Employees are underpaid, overworked and highly dissatisfied. Companies are having a hard time recruiting top talent and retaining them. One of the most convenient ways to change the circumstances is to allow employees learn, grow and participate at business-focused activities at all levels. Certain decision-making abilities with a sense of responsibility must be embedded in every employee. HRs should cultivate a habit of creating two-way communication street among employer and employee.

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