What any employer/owner wants are happy, committed employees. People who ‘love’ the job, (as much as anyone can love a job) and will do what they can to help the business.
You get this when an employee feels slightly over paid and slightly under worked. The word is ‘slightly’. And it has to appear ‘earned’.
THE WRONG WAY
Christine hired a helper and paid her $150 a week. This was when helpers made $50 a week. The helper, Hazel, thought Christine was an idiot.
I warned Christine but she didn’t listen; “No one can live on $50 a week!” (this was when Jamaican money had value), she said.
Hazel robbed Christine in every way she could. She would steal the shopping money, steal Christine’s jewelry, and when confronted, said many unprintable things as she walked out.
In short, you don’t Start an employee above Basic Wage. Whatever that Basic Wage is for that particular job. You start them at Basic Wage.
THE RIGHT WAY
Anna hired Joan to be her Secretary and paid her $100 a week, which was, at the time, the standard. After two weeks, Anna commended Joan and raised her to $110 a week. The next month, after some very good work, Anna raised Joan’s salary to $130.
Joan saw that the better she worked, the more money she would get. At the end of the Year, Anna was earning $200 a week.
Anna gave Joan two weeks paid vacation, although the law stipulated one week.
As time passed, Anna could cut Joan’s hours, instead of 9 to 5 she worked 9 to 4. Often Anna bought Joan lunch. During the years Joan worked for Anna, her salary increased, her vacation days increased.
Joan did her work very well, even went to take courses, secretly, which she paid for out of her own pocket to show Anna how interested she was.
This is how you obtain the loyalty and hard work of an employee.
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That is how it should be. You get payed for the work you do. If you work well then there should be some kind of compensation to reward the employees and give them more reason to continue working well like they do. In this case she worked well and showed she deserved the pay.
And it was done right. Joan started at basic wage, and slowly worked up. She got raises because she deserved them. REalising she would get raises, she had something to work for.
Indeed, we should see to it that our employees are paid enough. And when se e them industrious and dedicated in doing their job, we can increase their salary.
This we can call as incentive. At least the employee, will be motivated to improve their crafts because they know that they will always be rewarded for doing a good job.
And in doing this, the loyalty of our employees are being established well. They are nicely paid and they have a good employer.
Exactly. The employee realises if she puts in that extra work she gets paid for it. So she does it.