Blinds to Go: Staffing a Retail Expansion

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Since the employees that are not able to perform well in the organization are terminated in the first 8 months or they voluntarily leave the organization due to Disillusioned growth, Certain Training Programs need to be introduced to reduce turnover so that they are motivated enough to increase their performance levels. Also, the Fixed Quotient of the pay should be enhanced in order to make the system Competitive on a healthy level.

To reduce turnover HR Manager should solve the problems of the employees and make them comfortable while working in stores Training and mentoring.

C) Incentives for Retaining the High Performers: Performance Based Bonus

A provision of performance linked bonus can be made wherein an employee is able to relate his performance with the company profits and hence will work hard. This bonus should strictly be productivity based i.e. higher the Performance, Better the Bonus and other Incentives.

D) Heathy Working Environment Encouraging Growth:

- HR department should conduct some programs to increase the loyalty and try to know about the satisfaction of the employees. They should provide a work environment which attracts the employee and employee doesn’t want to leave the organization.

- Give value to employees among the employees and appreciate them with incentives in front of employees on their good work .Provide growth opportunities and tell them how much valued they are for the organization Motivation programs must be conducted Get feedback and do the appropriate changes in management style and use communication to build credibility

E) Open Communication:

A culture of open communication enforces loyalty among employees in an organization. Open communication tends to keep employees informed on key issues. Most importantly, they need to know that their opinions matter and that management is concerned in their input.

F) Employee Reward Program:

A positive recognition inspires the motivational levels of employees. Recognition can be made explicit by providing awards like Best Performer (Employee of the Month) and Customer Ratings of the Sales Associate should be used to generate Star Rating for the Employees on Interaction with Customer Quotient. Each Star can be equivalent to certain monetary reward as well.

G) Skill Development Program:

The organizations can offer various technical certification courses which will help employee in enhancing his knowledge and improve his Performance to earn better and have a good learning curve during the course of his engagement with the organization.

H) Improving the Hiring Practices:

Since the Employees of the organization should have their goals in line with the objective of the organization, the Job Requirement should explicitly explain the key attributes needed in the new employees so that they can check if they can align well with the organization in near future or not.

I) Employee Referral Program Bound by Incentives:

Since Employee Referral Program was one of the most successful Hiring Techniques, Employees should also be encouraged for referrals just like the DCM and certain Incentives should be associated with Each Referral turning into a full time recruit in the organization.