Be realistic about workload transferral - Deepstash
Countering The Great Resignation

Learn more about humanresources with this collection

Ways to counter the Great Resignation

Strategies for making better decisions

Tips for giving effective feedback

Countering The Great Resignation

Discover 90 similar ideas in

It takes just

12 mins to read

Be realistic about workload transferral

When one employee hands in their resignation, other workers inevitably face an increased workload at least temporarily--or more permanently if the employee who departed isn't replaced.

It's important to have conversations about workload--people feel it the most if they're not getting recognition for the extra work they may have taken on, either through title or pay. Be transparent with workers about the backfilling process. If it isn't a priority to fill a vacancy, then be willing to compensate the employees who are picking up the extra slack.

25

181 reads

MORE IDEAS ON THIS

Invest in employees

Employee investments contribute to a positive company culture, and especially in a time when many workers are reevaluating their career choices, upskilling opportunities can make a big difference in retaining them. 

25

314 reads

Check in on morale

If your workers are disengaged and disillusioned, you're basically inviting the resignations that will follow. But quitting contagions still happen at companies where workers are generally happy.   

You can set up exit interviews with departing empl...

25

288 reads

Quitting contagion

Quitting contagion

This is a real phenomenon--and it doesn't just happen at companies with poor management, low wages, or any other metrics that might entice workers to abandon ship.

We're very social creatures, and we tend to take cues from the people around us. And in a crisis, people ...

26

392 reads

Take note of existing office relationships

The friendships we have at work influence us to stay in that place (or to leave). If someone's best friend at work leaves, leaders shouldn't be surprised if that workers resigns next.

The solution: Look for ways you can support the employee that's still there. You have to...

25

215 reads

MARY-CLARE RACE

"The demand for career advancement is very high, and organizations need to provide those opportunities. If they don't, the individual will go and find it elsewhere."

MARY-CLARE RACE

29

703 reads

CURATED FROM

IDEAS CURATED BY

tucker

“No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it.” - one of my favourite quotes about teasm, by Luccock

Read & Learn

20x Faster

without
deepstash

with
deepstash

with

deepstash

Personalized microlearning

100+ Learning Journeys

Access to 200,000+ ideas

Access to the mobile app

Unlimited idea saving

Unlimited history

Unlimited listening to ideas

Downloading & offline access

Supercharge your mind with one idea per day

Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.

Email

I agree to receive email updates