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Cafe Classic: Are Your Employees Volunteers or Robots?

Compensation Cafe

That’s the purpose of employee recognition – not to stroke egos or give gold stars, but communicate clearly, specifically and meaningfully on how an employee’s efforts contributed to a greater goal. Why should you care if employees are highly engaged?

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The Risks of Unmotivated Employees

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The cumulative impact of these direct costs and the impact to other employees’ performance and motivation could end up costing the organization more than some of the top-of-mind issues above. A recent report in the Wall Street Journal highlights a study by Aon Hewitt that looked at this group of employees.

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8 Tried & Tested Employee Retention Strategies in the Insurance Sector [2024 Edition]

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  In this blog post, we'll explore proven strategies to boost employee retention in the insurance industry, empowering you to keep your valuable team members amidst the intense competition in the insurance market. 🔖 Allstate Insurance Company is known for its effective employee recognition programs.

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Overcoming Dark Days with Appreciation

Compensation Cafe

As Globoforce’s Vice President of Client Strategy and Consulting, Derek Irvine is an internationally minded management professional with over 20 years of experience helping global companies set a higher ambition for global strategic employee recognition , leading workshops, strategy meetings and industry sessions around the world.

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Where Have All the Raises Gone?

Compensation Cafe

Cited in the article, analyst firm Aon Hewitt calls this a “drastic shift” based on the firm’s annual survey on salaried employee compensation. Aon Hewitt did not even start tracking short-term rewards and bonuses — known as variable compensation — until 1988, when they accounted for an average of 3.9 percent of payrolls.

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