If you read between the lines of the cover story on the annual salary and job satisfaction survey, you may be astonished to uncover some manufacturing efficiencies that cost you nothing, but can pay back very nicely. One is called worker appreciation or recognition for a job well done. Another is called direction or more support from management.
Year after year, our readers tell us how appreciation for a job well done is much more important than a salary increase. Our research shows that employees crave encouragement, support and the right balance of work time with home life in order to be effective.