Employee Job Satisfaction

The external forces influencing employee attitudes

Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) has released its annual “Employee Job Satisfaction Survey”.  Rounding out the top five key factors that keep employees happy is (1) Job Security (2) Opportunity to Use Skills and Abilities (3) Organization’s Financial Stability (4) Relations with their Immediate Supervisor (5) Compensation/Pay. The survey results look at ‘Top employee job satisfaction factors” to “External forces influencing job satisfaction”.  Provided in Figure 1, the survey lines out fourteen key aspects for employees to be happy and satisfied with their jobs and the organization they work for. 

Rounding out the survey, SHRM highlights how the rising cost of healthcare has become an issue for employees with their lack of wage increases. The survey provides an insight into how Human Recourse departments can help take action within the control of the company to assist their employees and keep the company’s moral at a satisfied level. 

Learn more about the survey by reading the most recent publication: Workplace Visions.