The demotivation at work is one of the reasons why your employees may leave your company.
Now, what are the causes of a person becoming demotivated? In this post we reveal the three most frequent ones.
It is obvious that anyone who works in a company does so to earn money. And that is why, if what he earns in your company is not enough, he will become demotivated at work, which will lead him to accept the offer of another company that pays him better as soon as the opportunity arises.
The problem is that not all companies can easily raise their employees' salaries. Moreover, in order for it to be an amount valued by the employee, taxes such as personal income tax must be taken into account and included in the wage increase.
What is the solution? If, as we can see, taxes are a hindrance, you can opt for services such as the flexible compensation, which gives your employees the advantage that certain expenses (meals, transport, etc.) are not taxed for personal income tax purposes and, therefore, it is money that will be paid into their accounts. without affecting the basis of their social security contributions..
However, there are also workers who, in spite of a sufficient salary, suffer from demotivation at work for other reasons...
Another of the most frequent causes of demotivation at work is the lack of involvement with the position held, known as intrinsic motivation.
There are many people who work solely and exclusively to earn a salary. However, there are also others who love what they do and whose daily professional activity is a source of self-fulfilment for them. In such people, if a greater opportunity for self-fulfilment arises that pays similar to what you offer them, they are likely to leave you.
Imagine that you have an employee on your staff who enjoys the work he is doing, but does not love it, even though he is paid €1,500 net per month. He gets a job offer in another company that corresponds to what he wants to do professionally, although he is paid €1,200 net per month. It is very likely that he will leave you if he considers that what the other company is offering him provides him with a minimum income according to the quality of life he wants to lead.
Therefore, to fight demotivation at work, it is not enough to raise wages. You also need to make sure that your employees feel professionally satisfied with the work they do.
However, there is still one cause that can cause one of your employees to leave you even if he or she is involved with your company and satisfied with his or her current salary.
In every professional environment there are social relations. Between co-workers, between people from different departments, in the form of vertical communication, with suppliers or customers... And since human beings are social by nature, a harmful environment may be source of demotivation at work.
That is why the human resources department should closely monitor the relationships between its employees and take action when there are signs of friction or emotional tensions between staff members.
Some solutions to improve the working environment in the company are:
