A recent survey by OfficeTeam revealed that 89% of employers think they are doing a good job with employee recognition for outstanding efforts at work. That would be great, except only 70% of employees tend to agree with that statement. The divide between employee and employer opinions is significant. If employees don't have confidence or agree that their employers are doing well recognizing their efforts, then employers get no return on what is often a significant investment. There are many reasons why employers can fail at delivering employee recognition. Sometimes it's a lack of effort, communication or application of a program. Here are three reasons we find most common- and how to overcome them.
A lot of factors can come into play when an employee recognition program isn't successful. But the important thing is how companies and employers understand and meet those challenges in order to overcome them. Here are more
examples and solutions in Incentive Magazine's article, Top 10 Reasons Why Companies Fail at Employer Recognition.