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The Importance of Feeling Safe at Work

While the majority office workers are still working remotely, many are wondering what will happen once they need to go back to the office.

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There was a time in this country, and in fact, it wasn’t that long ago, where companies and organisations received vital information about the popularity of their products and services via the use of surveys. This allowed users and consumers to answer a series of questions about the services or items offered, how the experience was and overall, what they thought. However, more recently, the number of people that fill out surveys has dropped. And to make matters worse, surveys have never been that effective since they don’t measure in real-time. But why is any of this important?

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Whichever way you look at it, the modern workplace is built to maximise efficiency. Or at least that’s the aim. HR Managers do this by making sure that employees are happy, in good health, that they feel productive and that what they do contributes to the growth of the company.

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HR Managers have a bad habit of conducting annual staff surveys and assuming they’re a reasonable way of understanding people's daily experiences.