What is job satisfaction?

In recent years, “job satisfaction” covers much more than take-home pay at the end of the month. Before, all you needed to provide was a decent, competitive wage to ensure job satisfaction.

But that is no longer the world we live in.

Now, the best employees require more than a great salary. They also want other workplace benefits.

The secret ingredient to making all your employees happier at work?

Top-quality workplace catering!

Employee satisfaction = employee retention

If you run your own business or play any role in recruitment, you will know just how vital it is to retain great team members.

Not only does it take plenty of time, effort, and money to find new staff to replace leavers, but you also have to factor in how long it takes to train new staff to the appropriate level.

Once you start reviewing the figures, you realise how costly high employee turnover can be for a business.

However, employees who are satisfied with their workplace environment and day-to-day role rarely look for a job, which helps greatly improve employee retention.

Not only that, but when employees are more satisfied at work, that directly translates into fewer absences, more productivity, and more profitability.

Employee satisfaction can be a challenge… or an opportunity

Employee satisfaction is one of the trickiest things to master as a business owner or stakeholder, but the rewards are worth the time and effort required.

If your employees are unhappy at work, there is no doubt that this mentality will spill into their work, impacting the quality of their work, their desire to work hard, and whether or not they stay in the role for a sustained period of time.

Before the pandemic, many businesses focused on management tactics such as one-to-ones, progression opportunities, and lucrative bonuses.

And while staff still want to see those benefits, the impact of working from home and its convenience has also left many employees looking for more benefits when they are asked to return to the office.

With almost all businesses offering hybrid working, to stand out as a great place to work and retain more of your best staff, you must implement options like excellent workplace catering to help you stand out from the crowd.

Food and employee retention

Employee productivity (and imagination) will skyrocket

By providing an excellent workspace catering experience, your employees will appreciate your investment in their health and well-being.

However, productivity is not the only thing that will improve.

By eating high-quality food full of healthy, nutritious ingredients, employees will also have more energy in the afternoons, allowing them to break through those common late afternoon lulls.

By feeling more creative and productive at work, staff will be less likely to feel unfulfilled at work.

More opportunities to socialise

There are several benefits to working from home; however, socialising with others is certainly not one of them.

Having staff in the office is a great way to offer colleagues a chance to socialise with one another, but after three years of working from home, you cannot just expect this to happen without a little push in the right direction!

With workplace catering, opportunities to socialise become much easier, as staff can experience high-quality cuisine together, building employee relationships, boosting morale and widening social circles.

In fact, a recent YouGov study shows that almost a third of employees said they would be interested in getting back into the office if free lunch was provided.

Investing in your employee’s health and well-being doesn’t go unnoticed

During the start of the pandemic, surveys have shown that almost two-thirds of us changed our diet in an attempt to become healthier.

As a result, the nation is now acutely aware of the importance of a healthy diet. Therefore, by investing in high-quality, nutritious meals for your staff, you’re helping employees to achieve their goals.

This type of action does not go unnoticed and will be reciprocated by more company loyalty from your employees.

Why workplace catering is the secret ingredient to retaining top talent

As you can see, providing workplace catering is one of the most important, and often overlooked, ways to retain your best staff members.

It also offers several other incredible benefits, such as higher job satisfaction, more productivity, and improved creative thinking!

Contact us today, and we will discuss how Flourish can provide your employees with the high-quality, healthy workplace catering they deserve.