What do you believe to be the cause of the recent (5) year increase in this trend?
How do the following factors such as job design, recognition programs, career development opportunities and the organizational culture in recent years affect this. I feel there has been an increase in these metrics, however productivity and motivation continue to fall.
Because prices/inflation rise past a reasonable level. People work to own things; cars, homes, atvs, luxury items. When the affordability of those items drop the motivation of employees also drops. When you have to work at a company for 50 years and spend no money to be able to afford the house you want you realize wtf am I working my ass off for something I’ll never be able to get. Depression, is also on the rise as productivity falls. You can have all the pizza parties and retention programs you want, but none of that shit pays the bills or actually helps anyone.
Same thing with trip incentives. Total bullshit. Why tf would I want to go on a trip for 2 when there are 4 people in my fam and I’d have to pay for 2 more tickets I can’t afford anyway bc the fucking company doesn’t pay you enough to afford a vacation.
Speaking for myself, if you want to see productivity go up, then the paycheck needs to rise beside inflation. I’d never leave a job that allows me to live comfortably and gives my the luxury of not having to worry about money/living paycheck to paycheck.
Paycheck to paycheck results in low motivation, low efficiency, low effort, low retention, bad reviews, bad working environments.