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Paper Presentation on Retention of Employees
Meaning Of Recession
Recession Impact:
2) Consumption Consumption will tend to fall because people are worse off.
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4) Government Spending Automatic fiscal stabilisers will cause government
spending to rise. e.g. in recession, government have to spend more on unemployment
benefits. Also the government may pursue expansionary fiscal policy to try and
increase aggregate demand e.g. spending on infrastructure projects.
Even though it’s an “employer’s market” with millions of capable people looking
for work due to the recession, many employers are making these five costly
employee retention mistakes.
Mistake #1: Assuming employees “won’t dare leave now due to the recession.”
Mistake #2: Assuming other employers aren’t hiring or making strategic job
offers.
Mistake #3: Not talking with your best employees about how they’re coping.
Mistake #4: Not paying enough attention to the relationships between employees
and their immediate bosses.
Mistake #5: Assuming employees will stay once the recession’s over.
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Attrition Cost
Labour Cost and other expenses. It is possible to control the expenses and material
cost by employing well qualified and experienced managers, what becomes a problem
In the part it was the tendency to obtain long term job and remain in the same
organization. Permanently of job was the main concern. However with the
development of industries, in recent times craze for permanent job has faded out. Job
seekers are not concerned with permanent jobs but the jobs that suits than
requirement.
satisfied with what the company offers or if it does not matches with his / her
The individuals are no longer at the mercy of the organization. In fact, they lay
down conditions for their employment and ready to leave, if the conditions are not
agreed. So, there is a reverse how wherein no the organization tries to find out the
reasons as to why the employee is leaving the organization and try to find a solution
to retain him / her. This is very much necessary because if not only affects the routine
work of the organization, but also increases the cost of acquisition of new employee.
The cost of acquisition may be for advertisement, conducting interview, training the
new employee, wastage & scrap in the initial phase of working of that employee.
Under there circumstances the organizations think fit to retain its employees.
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Retention Strategy
1) Pay: There is no doubt that money in the one of money one of the most
significant motives for walking into or out of any organization. Candidate may give
various reasons at the tune of interview for joining an organization. But the basic
consideration in pay.
employee knows his worth and will not settle for less especially when jobs are plenty.
Pay plays an important role. It is the starting point for commitment and
loyalty. It is so as it fulfills all the wants, pays bills, helps to buy house and so on.
Candidate approaches the organization to fit himself to the position on the basis of
qualification he has. He / She shall like to work to at a level / position to which his /
Again it can be stated that at the initial stage a candidate may compromise to
work at a lower level or a departmental at which he actually does not aim at. But due
to any situation, circumstances or conditions he may take up the job. But he / she shall
definitely not continue to remain in the organization. Because of main need they
continue to serve at the given level / position, but simultaneously they continuously
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3) People: - A large part of an adult’s life is spent in the work place. Though we /
she work for his family, majority of the time is spent away from it. In such
circumstance the work place should be such that he feels himself home. This means
that the people which include his colleagues, superiors and the sub ordinates should
create a feeling of family. This feeling is necessary as the person does not feel alone
contribute towards the organizational goal. This feeling can be lamented or developed
undergone immediate operation and is in need of funds. Here it is necessary that the
people that are his colleagues, superiors and subordinates come together and give him
Yet in another example let’s assume that peon is told to deposit Rs.50, 000 in
bank account of company. It goes and the way the money is stole. Against at this
moment, he should get the support from the people of the organization.
If in any of the above two cases the employee is not supported, he shall loose
To carry out there responsibilities effectively and efficiently it is necessary that the
or exercise power over ones work. This is important as it helps the candidate to put in
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his best efforts. He has the idea of what the exactly wants to do and in what manner.
He uses the power or authority to get the best as he known that he is responsible for
the act.
All organizations to give responsibility and expect good (best) result, but very
few give freedom to work. The organization which give freedom show confidence in
their employee. It means that the other organization, somewhere or the other, fears to
pose complete trust on their employees. Under such circumstances, the employees get
exhausted and even distressed. They then start fetching out new opportunities.
his object or idea either publicity or privately. By appreciation, the value of employee
feeling which makes an employee feel that is important, valuable to the organization.
employee. This deduction of job stress and increase of morale goes to boost his
motivation, adds to his commitment, and increases his effectiveness and efficiency,
which ultimately adds to output. Moreover this appreciation is non lost fuel to boost
productivity.
For e.g.:- Employer gives Rs. 60000 assuming as Rs. 50,000 to an employee
comes to know that he has got additional Rs. 10000 with him. He honestly returns if
to his employee. He at this point expects a word of appreciation from his employers.
efforts to achieve the targeted sales. They not only achieve the target but makes sales
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1.5 times the targeted sales. The team shall feel unconsidered if they are not
appreciated.
Individual aims at growth which can be in terms of knowledge & skill and so on. If
organization, life becomes stagnant. Things come to a stand still and there is no space
distressed to overcome this it is necessary for an organization to see that its employees
are given adequate opportunity to learn and upgrade there knowledge and skill
Advancement is the life blood both for an employee as well as the employer.
7) Self Respect: - To matter what the organization pays and what position it
offers, more often employees leave the organization on grounds of self respect,
dignity and honour. It is absolutely true that pay attracts individual to an organization
but dignity and respect to an individual retains them from going out of an
various grounds but when it comes to self respect, dignity or honour then it is
impossible to compromise. Such individual consider self respect over pay. It is not
worth working is an organization where the gets handsome pay but not respected. He
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develops a sense of slavery for himself towards his employer. In such circumstances
organization but also refrains he / she from leaving the organization. If individual
receives security social & health, he / she are completely free from exploitation. There
is a general fear among candidates of being exploited at there work place. If the
candidate aims at
• Weekly off.
• Facilities of canteen.
• Health Insurance
• Safety equipments
Where the organization fails to provide such social & health security
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9) Style & System: - Every organization develops a style and system of working.
Every individual in organization has to follow the set system of working. Many a
times the employees very happy with pay, position, people, security, authority, dignity
rigid. There should not be repetition of job. Many a times majority of him is spent to
preparing and submitting the reports on what has been done where a candidate spends
40% to 45% of time is performing his duty, he spends the remaining time in preparing
reports for it. Does this carry sense? No, so what will happen to an employee in such
his talent.
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Bibliography
ICFAI Journals
www.about.com
www.hr.com
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