Beyond offering employees experience-enhancing perks, like free lunches, casual dress codes and gym memberships, employers should supplement retention and job satisfaction efforts to connect with employees at different times throughout the year. Stay interviews are one simple and cost-effective option that ensures employees feel valued throughout their employment lifecycle.
Much like initial onboarding and exit interviews, stay interviews provide an opportunity for the employer and employee to have an open dialogue throughout their employment lifecycle. Stay interviews occur during an employee's tenure and are an effective communication channel between employees and management. Employees can share and receive feedback on their employee experience. Management can use stay interviews to identify and mediate issues within their employee population that would have otherwise gone undetected. Stay interviews highlight where an organization excels in the eyes of employees and what could be improved upon.
Employer questions can include
- What do you look forward to when you come to work each day?
- What would you change about your job?
- How would you like exemplary work performance to be recognized?
- What can management do to support you?
- What might sway you to switch employers?
Stay interviews are an important tool in achieving high employee tenure and low turnover rates. For more information on how to conduct stay interviews, or for other recruiting and retention tips, explore Bukaty Companies HR Consulting & Training capabilities.
