As an employee, would an organization providing a good salary with basic minimum facilities be sufficient for you?
Over the years, a lot has changed in the ever-evolving work life of an individual. Employees now are more specific with their demands and the facilities they look for before joining a company than in olden times when only a competitive salary package and primary healthcare facilities could captivate an employee to work in an organization.
However, post the global pandemic, we see a translational shift in the working models from work-from-home (WFH) facilities to hybrid working models. It has changed the narrative demanding supportive facilities for employees.
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1. Optimal Work-Life Balance
Striking the right work-life balance is rare, considering hectic work times!
Employees look out for organizations that encourage working hard but also draw a line between an individual’s professional and personal life – finding the right balance and adhering to work timings that do not extend and affect a person’s private life is of utmost importance for the well-being of the employees.
Tips For Providing Better Facilities Include
- Regularly hear out your employees between frequent intervals or periods.
- Understand if the employees are given enough tasks to complete within the designated working hours.
- Offer time management facilities and applications for employees so they aren’t pressured and efficiently learn to manage their time at best, leaving sufficient breaks to refresh.
2. Flexible Working Hours
Starting your day with the hustle and bustle of daily life, from taking care of personal responsibilities or commitments like managing kids, and sleep schedules, preparing tiffins, organizing your essentials, and many other tasks, is challenging, along with strict reporting time that is not flexible.
Providing flexible working hours offers enormous benefits to employees without the dotting pressure to report at a particular time. Flexible working hours would ensure an employee’s fixed 8 or 9-hour shift without restricting them to set timings. Such a facility will encourage employees to attend to their needs or personal lives before their working hours. Many varied options like rotational shifts or flexible shift timings would be a great way to captivate the employees.
3. WFH & Hybrid Working Models
“Breaking the barriers of location and flexibility to offer enhanced opportunities to everyone”. Post the global pandemic, hybrid and WFH facilities have benefitted employers by saving office space, utility bills, and much more. Meanwhile, this facility is equally profitable for employees in helping save their commuting expenses, food, office attires, and accessories.
Be it for new moms or employees who want to collaborate and work with a dream company situated in another state or country. Acquiring talented individuals from around the world through flexible and convenient working models offers an opportunity to grow and excel in your careers beyond location or accessibility limits.
4. Mental Health Support
An employee’s mental health is just as important as their physical health. Stress or personal issues can drastically affect a person’s productivity and negatively affect their quality of work as well.
Assisting employees with mental health well-being with a team of experts in mental health visiting your office space is essential to help them deal with their issues in a solidified manner. The company can also hold several wellness programs to educate, assist and direct people to prioritize their well-being and equally focus on their mental health and other aspects of a person’s life.
5. Professional Growth And Upskilling Opportunities
Employees look out for new opportunities and career growth to improve their professional journey. However, managing work and personal life itself could be challenging, leaving no space and time for learning new skills or upgrading an individual’s current skills.
Companies that provide growth, upskilling and learning opportunities are very beneficial for enhancing a person’s skill set while also profiting the organization with more skills and knowledge. Training and regulating them with current knowledge or courses will help them evolve and advance their skills and productivity, offering opportunities for promotions and appraisals.
6. Sufficient Mini Breaks/Time Off
Working 8 to 9 hours is exhausting, affecting an individual’s physical and mental well-being. Offering sufficient mini breaks for a quick getaway from your work desk will help you get back to feeling refreshed and more productive.
Facilities like a game room, gym and fitness equipment, mediating quiet rooms or designated areas or sections, etc. It will help employees boost their energy and mood, encouraging them to resume work more happily and efficiently. It will also contribute to fostering workplace friendships and enhancing employee relations.
7. Physical Health Supportive Facilities
Many large organizations have facilities like Gym or areas designed for sports or games. Such activities between our post-work hours can ensure the well-being of the employees.
Providing ample facilities for them to prioritize their physical health while also ensuring that employees have access to fitness to keep them in good health. Considering the major active part of the day being spent at the workplace, employers need to provide such facilities for the betterment of the employees and to make their organization compete with larger companies that have already enabled this facility.
8. Pet-Friendly Workplace
Imagine having your furry friends around you; wouldn’t work be double the joy and fun? Many of us find it hard to leave our pets at home, especially if they are unattended at home, making them lonely.
So, on days your pets just want to cling to you and won’t leave your side, don’t let guilt take over. While it is easier for a large organization to offer designated rooms or spaces for animals, of course, under proper guidelines and restrictions like carrying:
- Harness/leaches
- Medicine or required essential
One can have the other needs sorted through the company offering facilities like litterboxes, wet wipes, pet beds, water station/mini pet fountain, waste disposal areas, and other daycare essentials.
Your pets can enjoy their playroom with toys or cute sports-like play zones that would keep them company while you have mini breaks to check on them or spend quality time with them.
Join our team at Impulse digital if you’re seeking to work for an advertising agency that provides a positive work environment, numerous growth opportunities, and excellent employee benefits. At Impulse digital- A Digital marketing agency based in Mumbai, we value our employees and provide the best facilities by fostering one’s growth and development in their specific roles.
With a team of enthusiastic and well-experienced individuals, we are open to hiring new, talented individuals who contribute to the creativity of our team. We offer good facilities and opportunities to enhance an individual’s professional skill set, making your way to success.
