Job satisfaction
The killers of employee motivation
Only one in three employees in Germany values their employer so highly that they would recommend it to friends and acquaintances without hesitation. Why is that?
To find out, the provider of online survey tools Netigate surveyed 1029 people in a panel study entitled 'Employee satisfaction in Germany'.
The reasons for the low recommendation rate include poor internal communication and a poor working atmosphere. In addition, employees would like more opportunities for development and shorter decision-making processes, and participants in the survey complain about stress, overtime, too little money and that their commitment is not appreciated enough, for example through praise from their boss.
Interesting: the younger the employees, the more likely they are to appreciate appreciative words. Half of 18 to 29-year-olds want to be praised more often, while only a third of 50 to 59-year-olds want this. The following applies: "Companies give away turnover through demotivated employees. Frustrated employees often do their time and have higher absenteeism rates," says Ronald Flores, Country Manager DACH at Netigate. "Not all employees want to put up with this situation. One in five employees often think about changing their employer."
According to the survey, 33% of employees in Germany are well informed about the current job market. Those who change employers are particularly looking forward to nice new colleagues (92%), a better working atmosphere (90%), good internal communication (88%) and overtime compensation (81%).
For more than half of 30 to 39-year-olds, it is particularly important that they can work from home when changing employer. This is a significantly higher figure than in all other age groups, which Netigate attributes to the family situation of this age group.
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