Go Beyond Benefits
Faith Edmondson, Co-Founder and lead consultant here at the Gateway Company, was recently featured in the Augusta Business Daily Feature “Local business leaders share creative ways to retain employees.”
Faith, along with The Gateway Company’s Tracie Parker, shared with the Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce ways to go “Beyond Benefits: Building Value through Creative Compensation.”
“You’re competing with larger companies that may be able to offer higher salaries,” she explains. Many employers think what candidates value most in a job are salary and benefits, but Parker says they are motivated by many other considerations. “Employees are looking for more engagement, flexibility, and life balance,” she states. It’s important to create a positive work culture – a process that extends from hiring to termination. “People who leave your company are your ambassadors,” because they will talk to others about their experiences, Parker adds.