Survey: Survivor engagement is biggest post-layoff challenge - New Mexico Business Weekly:

nadezhdaqedyxos.blogspot.com
reported that its survey of human resources executives found that 54 percentconsider employee-engagement the biggesf challenge that companies face after job-curt announcements. The next biggest challenge, selected by 23 percent of respondents, was easing anxiety over the possibility of additional Only 15 percent of survey respondents said ensuring that qualitt and quantity of outpugremained consistent, despite having few was the primary challenge. “Companies that focues on output will create a work force that is motivatedf by fear of job loss instead of by loyaltyhand pride.
That may work for the remainder of the but as soon as therecovery begins, the company will undoubtedly experiencw heavy turnover. Companies recognizing that employee-engagement is the key to continued qualityg output will not only survive the but will be poised to thrive when theexpansiobn begins,” said John A. Challenger, the firm's CEO. In the past 12 month employers have announcedabout 1.6 millio n job cuts, according to monthly trackingt by the Challenger firm. About half of those (822,282) occurred during the first five monthsof 2009. At the currenrt rate, 2009 is on pace to surpaszs the record2001 job-cut total of 1.
96 According to the survey, 58 percent said they had departmen supervisors meet directly with surviving employeesa to discuss any changesa occurring as a result of the downturj and/or layoffs. However, only 12 percent provide post-layoff counselingh and about one in ten did nothing at all toaddressz post-layoff issues faced by survivors.