You have recently started work as a new Manager in a restaurant. You mostly employ college students and you are facing many challenges due to high employee turnover. What five (5) actions would you take to increase retention of employees?
Quality of your staff and service is just as important as the
quality of your food. Tips to make employees happy and retain in
the organization are explained as follows:
• Shift
A flexible work shift allows the restaurant to retain their
employees to an extent.Hotels are a 24/7 business, so appoint them
in evening or night times. So allow convenient work shift to
students according to their free time and convenience. Try to
appoint workers other than students for making flexible
shift.
• Food accommodation.
Food and accommodation package would attract student employees.
They will decide to retain in organiszation only for getting food
and accommodation as they are away from home. Providing better food
and accommodation makes them more loyal.
• Attractive salary.
A great way to retain employees is providing attractive salary
package they deserve. Providing adequate salary helps to avoid
frequent turnover . Remember, finding new staffs, training them,
and getting them acclimated to your restaurant involves lot of
money
• Listen your team.
Employees like to be listened to. It makes them feel that they are
valued, and it fosters a sense of loyalty to make them feel
invested in the organization.
You have recently started work as a new Manager in a restaurant. You mostly employ college...
I you are a manager at a restaurant with high employee turnover, what actions would you take to increase retention of employees?
1) Describe how changes in the workforce have been impacting organizations, including organizations for which you have recently worked. 2) Why is it important for managers to understand the different types of employee absenteeism and turnover? How can this data be used by managers? 3) If you became the new manager at a restaurant with high employee turnover, what actions would you take to increase retention of employees?
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