We all keep hearing about work-life balance these days and how important it is. It sure sounds important as well but what is it really? Can you really sit down and explain what work-life balance means in theory and practice? It may not be such an easy question after all. Too often you find yourself answering to emails and doing the “small” things in the evenings and still thinking you are all balanced.
Happy employees make for a happy company which results in even happier customers. Understanding your employees and knowing what makes them tick is crucial for the success of any business. Traditionally, companies have been using very laborious annual or bi-annual performance reviews and the resulting HR metrics to handle this. Is it really enough?
Designing the best possible office space is a task many companies put very little effort into. So many offices in the world repeat the same pattern; closed door glass boxes with windows for senior managers with an open space sea of cubicles in the middle - maybe a break room with a coffee machine in the corner.
Are you doing your best to keep your staff happy, motivated and working at their optimum capacity? Turns out that what you do might not have such a big effect on office morale, it could all be down to geography.
The 2015 World Happiness Report ranked Switzerland as the happiest country in the world. Followed closely by Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Canada and Finland.
Seamless feedback from your team is exactly what we aim for at VibeCatch, and what better way to do it than through Slack which is one of the easiest, and definitely one of the hottest, team communication tools in the business world at the moment. As we are active Slack users ourselves, this time our blog post is all about our newest product update, Slack integration for VibeCatch.
So you are probably asking yourself right now, what is employee experience management and why should I or anyone in my company care? You and your organization absolutely need to care because employee experience is the future of work. It can make or break your efforts to attract top talent and drive the success of your business.
We believe that a considerable amount of effort should go towards making your employees happier. When they are happy, they will keep your customers happy, and this results in a happy and successful company. There are many ways to make your employees enjoy their work and different things work for different people and offices. For us, one of the biggest things is making a special effort to enjoy our Fridays at the office. Here is what we do to get that TGIF moment already on the way to work.
Welcome to VibeCatch and to the very first VibeCatch blog. The idea here is to explain what VibeCatch is, how you can use it in the workplace, and share some of our insights into the world of job satisfaction. We will also give you tips on how to use VibeCatch and why we think you should be using it all the time.
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