Stuffed

You’ve eaten your turkey and pumpkin pie and are appropriately stuffed.  It’s less than a month until Christmas.  The holidays should be a time of thanksgiving, celebration, and joy.  Instead you are stressed, looking for ways to improve your bottom line in a tough economy.  You have fewer workers but the same- if not higher- expectations for a brighter new year.  It’s can feel daunting when you look to the future.

Interestingly, you’re not alone in your stress.  Besides the inevitable tension a declining economy ushers in, your employees are distracted and stressed in their distraction.  You probably already know that most workers are unfocused at times during the work day.  What you might not know is that:

• the average worker is distracted more than 2 hours every day
• most workers feel stress as a result of that distraction

In fact, disengaged workers:

• are 18% less productive
• have 27% higher rates of absenteeism
• are 20-40% more likely to seek employment elsewhere
• make 40% fewer attempts at problem-solving
• experience more stress-related injuries as a result of not making ergonomic adjustments

Your company cannot afford loss of productivity, in addition to high rates of turn-over.  On the other hand, you can afford an ideal solution.  Sound masking is the addition of low-level background sound to reduce the impact of ambient noise.  Employees in treated areas feel less stress and are noticably more engaged and therefore more productive.  Tough times call for creative measures.  Give us a try.