Retention of Employees in China

Incentives...

In America, bonuses are often only given out during Christmas or New Year. However, in China the workers expect to get a bonus for every major holiday. Sure gifts and money are always nice, but if you want to motivate your workers you may have to do a little bit more.

The second most popular incentive is the gift of coming to America for a vacation. If the opportunity presents itself and you have ability to do so, this can be one of the best gifts. People in China like to see America, and also the mother company (i.e., the original company) as well. It works best when you offer the vacation to the worker's whole family (immediate family of course).

The best gifts I consider to be so far would be allowing the worker's children to have the opportunity to study in America. All parents want to provide the best for their children. This can be the greatest incentive that you could give. In the States, there are always some schools actively looking for Chinese students; if you can act fast, I don't think it will be difficult.

Again, these ideals have been proven to work. I know that not a lot of companies can hand out these benefits but if you can, please consider these options. Are we good? (Hehe)

Salary...

In China, you can pay anyway you want: hourly, weekly, or monthly. However, one thing to remember is that an employee expects one extra month pay on Chinese New Year. For example, in the month of January or February, your employees expect to be paid double what they usually get.

Personally, I feel that Chinese New Year will be a great test or evaluation for your company. Let me explain. One of my friend's dad owns a company on the Chinese mainland. Every year after Chinese New Year, about 15 to 20% of his work force will disappear. This situation happens to every company. Some of the employees never come back after going home to visit their family.

Unlike America, in China it is impossible to find anybody; after all they have about 1.5 billion people. You may try to look for the address. You may try to look for Uncle Lee. Unfortunately, the result will be the same. Have you have watched the movie "Dude, where's my car?" Well, in this case it's, "Dude, where's my people?"

The reason why I said New Year will be a huge test for the company is that if you concentrate on increasing your employees' motivation and loyalty all year, then your turnover rate will not be that high. Some people say the reason for employees not coming back is not because it is not a good job. People tend to work just enough for their family, and with the bonus at the end of the year, some people feel that is enough. The last part is my own opinion; please correct me if I'm wrong about the reason.

Hopefully you will keep this in mind. At the end of the year, you should hire some new employees just to be on the safe side. Sounds good?

So, how do you feel about this? Have this ever happened to your company before? If so, would you like to share with everybody details about how you recovered from the situation? Contact me and I will put your experience on the site for everybody to learn from. Thank you for coming by. It has being a great year. Hope you have a wonderful time with your family. From where I am and wherever you are, do show up for work after New Year, guys. Hehe.

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