Poor employee engagement damaging to organisations

A lack of employee engagement could damage organisations during the economic recovery according to a the Institute for Employment Studies.

Employees remaining in jobs they don't like because leaving would put them at risk financially can be damaging, according to the UK's Institute for Employment Studies (IES).

Long-term recession in the private sector could lead to employees thinking that "enough's enough", according to the institute.
Dilys Robinson, principal research fellow at the IES, said: "The recession in the private sector has been going on a long time now, and many workers are probably thinking that ... they're now entitled to some reward.

"This 'structural commitment', i.e. staying only because it would be financially disadvantageous to move, can be damaging to organisations."
Unhappy employees are likely to make less effort and voice their discontent to other staff, she added.

According to the International Labour Organisation, wage growth was cut by half in 2008/9.
Their report shows that 50 per cent of countries adjusted minimum wages with the aim of protecting the "purchasing power" of the most vulnerable workers.