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How to Improve Employee Engagement in Retail: Importance, Ideas & Solutions

Vantage Circle

A McKinsey study discovered that the turnover rate in the retail industry is 70% higher than in other industries. This alarming figure raises questions about the working conditions in retail sectors. Are retail employees truly motivated and committed to their workplace? Has this always been the case in the retail industry?

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Top 10 Ways To Make People Feel More Comfortable And Productive At Work

All Work

Also, allow workers easy access to fresh air and walking areas near the office to help with stress and to promote activity. Parents Rooms Parents Rooms can easily be made to be flexible and serve many diverse types of workers in a typical office and retail environment. Paul McCartney shared advice recently on a radio interview.

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Balancing Employee Shift Preferences With Fair Scheduling

Attendance Bot

Managing schedules across multiple retail locations isn’t just about filling shifts—it’s about finding the sweet spot between what employees want and what the business needs. On the other hand, your retail locations need predictable, consistent coverage to serve customers and hit revenue targets.

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Embracing the “Hire Slow, Fire Fast” Mentality Can Help Leaders Build Strong Teams

Success

There’s always the potential for a poor-fit applicant to make it through the application and interviewing gauntlet. Take Amazon: The retail giant famously offered dissatisfied warehouse workers a “ Pay to Quit ” option. Promote from within An advantage of hire slow, fire fast is that you’ll end up with great people in your open seats.

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ESG ambitions should top organisational agendas

Workplace Insight

We also identified that nearly half of the 1200 professionals interviewed ranked ‘team, people and culture’ as a priority when choosing a new job — dropping flexible working and competitive salaries to second and third positions respectively. And finally, nearly 50 percent wanted to be part of organisations that promoted a ‘sense of purpose’.

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employee walks off the job to cry every day, getting more info before an interview, and more

Ask a Manager

This post, employee walks off the job to cry every day, getting more info before an interview, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. I manage a very busy retail pharmacy. Why can’t we get more information before an interview? It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go….

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clipping your nails during a job interview, a religious new hire, and more

Ask a Manager

This post, clipping your nails during a job interview, a religious new hire, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. My manager clipped his fingernails during a job interview. Yesterday, my manager and I were conducting interviews in his office. I felt horrified for the person interviewing!