Independence will make employees happy – here’s how we can make them that way

By: Trademagazin Date: 2024. 11. 27. 11:55

Our priorities are changing: according to MIT research, whether we stay at our jobs or quit is no longer primarily determined by professional and career considerations, i.e. it does not depend on what we do for a living, but on whether our working conditions match how we want to live. According to the TOPdesk Hungary expert, companies must use new tools to provide the necessary framework for the lifestyle that employees desire – and thus not lose them.

It seems that our health and happiness at work are no longer a secondary consideration: they have become a factor influencing the decision to take a job, or to stay at our workplace or leave it, MIT research shows. But employee happiness is not just a question of turnover: according to Oxford research, there is a causal relationship between employee happiness and increased productivity. Gallup research also highlights that disengaged employees – 62% of workers globally – will be unhappy employees, which currently costs the world $8.9 trillion, or 9% of global GDP.

Happy employees

But what will make employees happy and engaged? The International Labor Organization’s 2023 report found that greater flexibility – from freely choosing the time to start work to the possibility of teleworking – leads to, for example, more efficient work and a better work-life balance. This is confirmed by Cisco’s global survey of 28,000 full-time employees, in which 82% of respondents said that being able to work from anywhere makes them happier. But can flexible working hours and remote work really be a complete solution when it comes to employee satisfaction?

Flexible working, flexible tools

“Flexible working hours and a flexible workplace are important, but it’s not the only thing that makes employees feel free and happy,” says Anita Zakrzewski, Head of Marketing and Sales at TOPdesk.