WHY EMPLOYEES RESIST WORK?
WHY EMPLOYEES RESIST WORK? – Part 1
Becoming an entrepreneur and being an entrepreneur are two different concepts.
As business goes through various phases, the meaning of this word keeps changing and it becomes more practical-oriented.
Out of the four factors of production, labor is the most dynamic and challenging to handle. The other factors, that are land and capital, may vary as per the entrepreneur’s (fourth factor’s) plans labor keeps evolving on its own as well. More so, it is only an active component of teamwork, which is the crux of every business, however big or small.
Therefore, skill is required to manage labor (or you can say employees in the modern sense). Professionals are often hired to do this job. However, the questions still remain
‘Why do employees resist work?’
‘Why do they have an un-liking towards their employers?’
‘Why do they hesitate to speak about their problems at the workplace?’
Each employer has its own story, was of work, dealings, philosophies, and journey but the grievance of employees of all types of industries is the same.
In a study, it was found that 60% of Indian employees were happy with their employers amid the Covid-19 crisis.
So, ‘What is that thing which creates a positive impact of some employers over employees while other employers fail to achieve this position?’
The answer to this lies in human psychology.
We will be discussing the same in detail in the second part of this Article.
WHY EMPLOYEES RESIST WORK? – Part 2
Employees keep facing conscious and sub-conscious dilemmas on the job which remain unheard and unknown to employers.
It is high time now for employers to read those dilemmas by observation and learn to resolve them.
To be precise, the following are the broad categories of reasons for employee dissatisfaction and the consequent killing of time:
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Employer’s insensitivity towards personal problems of employees.
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Blatantly ignoring the need of employees to have more subordinates.
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Lack of promotions with an increase in experience (most obvious factor). More so, on top of this, the appointment of new staff in higher positions instead of appointing the old staff based on their capabilities creates an even worse situation by creating an environment of negative competition.
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Lack of appreciation for small acts of employees like coming to the office on a holiday only for work.
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Uneven distribution of work amongst employees.
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Unhealthy competition between employer and employee. Employers should learn that their dedication towards the organization can never be matched with that of employees’ because the return for any employer and employee differ. The ownership of company does not lie with employee but with employer so it is a natural thing that the level of dedication and creativity amongst both would always differ.
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Disrespect- This keeps creating a constant rift in the sub-conscious mind which keeps piling up over time and ultimately takes over conscious acts.
There are innumerable other reasons which keep evolving with time, however, to start with, at least the above given should be worked on mandatorily.
Regular informal and humorous conversations with employees will eventually lead to higher employee retention.
In a study published in a leading newspaper, it was found that nearly 32% of employees left their jobs due to low salaries. This proves that salary is not the only thing that employees look for. There are other reasons as well like unsatisfactory work culture.
In order to truly start working towards removing such barriers, employers first need to understand that they can reach a win-win situation. An organization’s loss becomes employees’ loss because their capabilities get wasted and potential remains untapped if they do not work well. On the other hand, if the organization grows, its employees also prosper, provided the employer learns to trickle down the effect of prosperity so that it can reach the latter.
So, instead of maintaining a rift between individual and organization’s goal, employers should try and build a bridge between them.