According to a 2018 poll by
the CPS HR Institute for Public Sector Employee Engagement, 44% of
private-sector employees are entirely engaged while 38% of the public-sector
employees are engaged. The gap is alarming. But to understand the concern, you
should first understand what employee engagement means. Since, in the
government sector, this term is unknown.
What is employee
engagement? - Get to know about it.
An employee who is very
attached to his or her work or the place of employment, tends to work harder..
They find pride in their work and their workplace; they care about their
co-workers and even employers. Those employees not only complete their work on
time, but make sure they are providing everything to their organization.
But in the case of
government employees in India, engagement is a rare thing to be found. That is
mainly since the Government organization rarely does anything to promote
employee engagement.
Ways Government could promote
employee engagement
Let's focus on the
approaches which the Government takes for employee engagement -
By
providing essential training for the job
The Government employs people
generally through competitive exams. Those do not always mean that the
candidate is well-equipped to work in a particular department. So, before
starting the work, each employee must be provided with the training. Lack of
knowledge of the work also caters to a lack of engagement among employees.
By
making sure the employees and their families are healthy
As an organization, the
Government must make sure its employees, as well as their families, are
healthy. The organization must remind their employees to renew healthinsurance online because that would also affect the productivity of the
office.
Giving
individual attention
This is almost non-existent
in the public sector. But it is one of the essential factors of why employee
engagement is so low in government offices. The superior of any department must
give individual attention to each employee and ask him/her about any problem
he/she is facing.
Final Thoughts
