QWL for employee retention

Too many companies neglect the well-being of their employees. They end up with a high turnover rate and recruitment costs that border on the heresy. Yet there are several simple and effective measures that can help them retain employees and even turn them into ambassadors for the company.

The finding

According to a study conducted by HEC, the turnover rate is close to 20% in companies involved in digital professions.

There are a number of reasons for this: 

  • Unhappiness at work
  • Work overload
  • Poor recognition of work done
  • Little opportunity for careerdevelopment
  • Lack of training
  • Too frequent periods of inactivity (between contracts)
  • Under-utilised skills
  • Wagestagnation

The above are some of the key points for consultants to feel good at work and stay there. It is therefore essential to look at the needs of employees. Some jobs are indeed (very) in demand.

Here are some of them: 

  • The IS architecture professions
  • The development professions
  • Big Data and IT security jobs

QWL is currently very much in vogue but not very concrete within companies. In other words, many talk about it but (too) few do it. 

Besides, what do we really put behind QWL? Table football, bright rooms, a chocolate and coffee fountain?

Without falling too much into a so-called "carefree" vision, nor claiming a vision of a "cynical" QWLHere are several areas for improvement aimed at better understanding and reacting to these problems of happiness in NSEs - IT services companies in particular.

Possible improvements

If we take up the reasons mentioned above, training resolves several frustrations felt by employees and motivates teams with defined career paths. The aim is for employees to feel useful and recognised in their jobs. 

Moreover, taking into account the personal life of employees allows for a better projection in the company in the long term.

Beyond the salary, the benefits of daily life are important: distance between the place of living and the place of work, a place in a crèche or help in finding a childminder... can really improve the quality of life at work and outside of work for employees!

In the context of professional mobility, an employee who is well established on a personal level is a serene employee, ready to invest in his or her missions.

Our customers have understood this and are talking about it: 

Delia TechnologiesDélia Technologies, located in Nantes, puts the importance of well-being in the workplace very much to the fore with a culture that is very much focused on the well-being of its employees. They also trust us with the support and installation of their new recruits. They are very satisfied!

Bertrand Charrier also cites us as "a tool that works to build employee loyalty" . Below is his feedback.

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