According to a recent survey from Paychex, organizations have some work to do when it comes to improving team morale. Among the findings:
- While 36% of workers say COVID-19 has improved team relationships, 20% say it made these relationships worse; and 44% say there’s been no change. When divided by job level, 49% of managers say morale has improved, compared to only 18% of workers.
- Employees were more likely to feel closer to their team if during meetings they were allowed to talk about current events, asked how they were doing outside of work, could acknowledge stress or burnout, and encouraged to vent or talk about work frustrations.
- Workers were more likely to report high moral if they know their co-workers well.
- Workers were more likely to feel productive and have high morale if they had flexible work schedules.
- COVID-19 is still a concern, and half of employees who recently returned to work admitted they are worried about contracting the infection.
