Why should human resources pay more attention to the lining words such as “calm smoking” and “coffee badges”

“Leave quiet.” “Coffee badges.” “the job.” We all heard the words of a ton in the workplace like this (and perhaps they realized the behaviors they describe). The conditions for fatigue and disappointment have spread, such as wildfire on Tiktok and other social media platforms since the epidemic has completed work standards.

But human resources leaders often do not give these concepts a lot of credibility. A new survey found that approximately 40 % of human resources professionals said they felt not to hill in the tanning words, and 52 % felt curious, but they were cautious.

Should companies pay more attention to this language that vibrates the same structures that depend on it? the TicketFrom the McLean & Company Research Company, it says yes – with some warnings.

Nobody wants his company to submit a “great resignation” or the workforce will start from “discontent”. So when senior leaders, often go to human resources to obtain guidance, while employees may want to see their experiences have been validated and treated. She said the first step is the investigation.

“When we buy a car, we want to do our research,” Els said. “It is the same when we hear about the words of the hump.” When a new one emanates, human resources leaders must “seize this opportunity to decline and really understand what leads this tannal word,” she said.

Els advises leaders to ask themselves: What does the tanna word mean in the context of our institution? Leaders must review internal data–Such as employee participation surveys or concentration groups–To verify the health or refute the phenomena described by the tanning words. Often, the aforementioned behaviors can be a sign of greater problems.

She said that if the data shows some validity, such as high levels of fatigue or the desire to achieve a stronger balance of work and life, this is an indication that there is something that must be learned from the tanning words.

The big question is, what can be done about it? “I think he is really returning to employee listening strategies,” said Els. “Ensure that we have a pulse, and that we have this bilateral communication with employees.”

Once the search and listening are done, it is time to work tangible.

Christine Stoller
Editor -in -chief, Fortune Live Media
[email protected]

About the table

A tour of the most important human resource addresses.

Farewell to fat salaries and luxury offices: in the era of “difficult technology”, practical life has changed dramatically in the largest technology companies in Silicon Valley–And the employees are not happy with that. New York Times

Want a higher salary and reach more jobs? Avoid these ten American cities. CNBC

Watch what you say at this enlargement meeting: the pants of artificial intelligence (and they cause headaches for some workers). Wall Street Journal

Watery

All you need to know from luck.

Safety first. Gen Z abandons the college for “safer” commercial jobs, despite the jobs of the White Links Office–And these others–Less lethal. Oriana Rosa Roile

Strategic transformation. The stake predicted that artificial intelligence would kill consulting work. But the CEO of Accenture Julie Sweet The company put To act in. – At night McLilla

The degree of evaders. General Zires without a university degree leading Side economics–You may one day be your boss at work. Oriana Rosa Roile

This is the web version of Fortune Chro, a news message focusing on helping human resources executives to navigate the workplace needs. subscription To get it free to your inbox.