For some time now, companies suffered the scourge of absenteeism, many employees did not meet their working hours, were late or even left regularly; this practice, which in recent years has left worrying losses, has found a replacement. , a new trend has begun to emerge, even worse than the previous one: presentism in action.
Many workers have long complained about difficulties in reconciling work and personal life, welcoming children to school, or caring for sick relatives are priority tasks to consider.
- In the case of presentism at work there are many similarities to absenteeism.
- Lack of motivation.
- Frustration and bad relationships between employees are traits very associated with this problem.
- The big difference between the two is that in the current job the worker respects the working hours.
- The real problem is that you spend some of that time doing tasks unrelated to your work.
Presentism at work was born or associated with the economic crisis, the fear of losing their jobs leads many unmotivated workers to decide not to take the break, even if it is tedious days of frustration and boredom, many of them prolong their breaks to eat or go out to smoke, use the Internet for non-specialized purposes , read or even play video games.
In these situations, companies prefer to set more rigid schedules and exemplary sanctions rather than stop and think. Presentism at work affects not only the productivity of the company, but also the health of the workers the very.
Demotion and lack of goals can lead to disillusionment with employment, this fact can become the underlying cause of depression, so do employees who go to work when they are sick, expose their peers to health problems, as well as being small-time, dangerous.
“Anyone’s great achievements generally depend on various hands, hearts, and minds. -Walt Disney-
Unfortunately, however, some companies require their employees to perform unpaid overtime in exchange for not being fired. This behavior is shameful and quite questionable, but the worker himself accepts it for fear of reprisals, so we face situations where unethicalness prevails over the advantage rather than trying to find alternatives that optimize everyone’s time and income.
Presentism at work, or at least in large part, has a solution, but hardly the solution is to impose sanctions or a strict schedule policy, on the contrary, it will generate more stress, anxiety and demotion in workers, who will try to continue?other types of antics. In addition, companies that implement these measures run the risk of unreasonably punishing motivated people, making their work a little more difficult.
On the contrary, concrete measures, such as those that aim to strengthen the feedback that the worker receives, can have much more positive effects than sanctions or restrictions, we are talking about social recognition, group recognition and individual recognition, if the worker feels that others Valuing the product of your work, that the company is always attentive to its income, and not only when it decreases, it is easier for motivation to arise or recover.
Depending on the position and responsibility, the implementation of programs to promote freedom of expression and creativity can also have positive consequences for the company, what is sought in these cases is a change of attitude and not respect for the rules for fear. workplace, the better the results.
The flexibility of the working day is also a good way for families to reconcile the work and life of children and to indirectly influence the motivation of workers, a position that allows professional reconciliation, given the current scenario, is undoubtedly an advantage that the employee will be able to recognize, especially if no action has been taken in this direction so far.
We believe that if the worker is happy and satisfied with the work (or at least reaches minimum levels in this regard), positive changes will become increasingly important, it is much wiser to focus on helping and providing certain facilities for workers than on the implementation of extremist policies. Occupational safety and health care are a citizen right of the World Health Organization, as precarious work can lead to irreversible situations in a person’s physical and mental health.