Managing and Maintaining your Contract and Temporary Workers

Managing and Maintaining your Contract and Temporary Workers

Many of you have taken on more workers this fall.  These new employees can be temporary or contract workers but also full-time staff.  It’s the time of year when many companies are busier.

If your company hires temporary workers or personnel, you want to keep them and keep them motivated.  Too many companies treat temporary workers as if they don’t really matter and they don’t treat them as they would their regular employees.

Temporary workers need to be treated with respect as we all do.  They need to feel as if they are members of your team as well as the agencies team.  It is not a secret that everyone works harder in a positive working environment. Offer temporary workers the same perks as your regular employees.  Include them in events; get to know them, etc.

Too many times companies try and get the temporary workers for the lowest rate they can.  It’s a false economy.  They need to be paid a similar amount to your regular employees doing the same job. It gives the person a greater sense of self worth.  If you’re looking for production, the right attitude is needed.

You have spent time and money training these temporary workers and again, you want to keep them. Remember high turnover costs you money whether with your full time staff or your temporary workers. You don’t want to have to keep training new people.

In certain areas of your company, temporary workers will make successful full time employees and that is what temporary workers are striving for.

Treat everyone that works at your company the same way you would want to be treated and this will go a long way towards increasing your companies productivity and save you money in both the short term and long term.

TPI has been in the personnel business since 1985 and understand the business of managing and placing people.

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