4 Ways to Retain Manufacturing Workers
The best way to prevent unwanted turnover is to focus on making incremental improvements in pursuit of a better workplace. Attract, engage, and retain your manufacturing workers in a new world of work with these tips:
1. Prioritize critical supervisor communication.
How and when manufacturing supervisors communicate to their teams about organizational changes are critical to employee engagement and retention. Keep lines of communication open and ensure managers are continually providing updates on important updates and changes.
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2. Build employee career paths.
Career growth and development are key to worker retention. Offer a variety of training and mentoring opportunities to ensure your operators and assembly workers are staying motivated and on top of their game. Discuss career paths regularly to help your staff understand what skills or certifications might be necessary to progress professionally.
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3. Focus on employee recognition and engagement.
Being recognized for your work is a top driver of engagement in manufacturing, but lowest in terms of favorability. When industrial workers are mentally and emotionally connected to their work, team, and organization, they are less likely to leave. Public, real-time recognition shows machine and production workers that they are valued and crucial to your operation's success.
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4. Use the right tools.
Getting a clear picture of turnover in your organization can be difficult. Prevent unwanted turnover and retain your technicians, engineers, and distributors with Engagement, Performance, and Intelligence tools from Quantum Workplace.
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