What makes a great work place? Is it people, pay, benefits? Traditional beliefs held that we should manage the workplace from the standpoint that people will always dislike work and when they are at work they will always want to be somewhere else. For years, researchers and companies have tried to measure and understand employee…
The recent Abrivia Salary Survey asked Office Support staff not originally from Ireland what was the main determining factor in making the decision to come to Ireland. 31% cited “friends and family” as the main factor in deciding to come to Ireland. This was ahead of career advancement opportunities (21%), salary prospects (15%), work-life balance…
Work and pressure are two terms that can be synonymous with each other and any individual who never encounters pressure at work is a rare find. Pressure comes from a variety of sources: targets, deads, performance reviews, financial debts – the list is endless. If you care about the outcome of a situation, it’s likely…
19% of Office Support employees cited the lack of career advancement opportunities as the main reason why they left their last job. This was closely followed by unhappiness with organisational culture (17%) and dissatisfaction with management (16%). These are the findings according to the Abrivia 2017 Salary Survey and Economic commentary, in association with Trinity…
The number one reason why HR professionals cited for leaving their job was “unhappiness with organisational culture ”, which accounted for 22% of respondents who work in the HR sector. However, employers in the HR sector feel that dissatisfaction with management and work not being challenging enough as the two main factors that drive employee…
It’s no secret that healthy workers are among the happiest and the most productive at their jobs. Numerous studies have shown that employees in better overall health exhibit high performance and efficiency levels leading to a greater focus on corporate wellness programs. The opposite is also true, poor health often results in lower job performance,…
