4 . The Companies Doing the Most to Make Their Employees Happier
Fat paychecks, light workloads, and endless vacation days don’t necessarily add to happy employee. In fact, the happiest employees in the U. S. owe their happiness to first-rate employee motivations, sufficient benefits, career advancement programs, and great work-life balance. The companies that have been the most devoted to cultivating and advancing these things in the past year have seen employee happiness _____ .
The jobs site CareerBliss.com just announced the winners of this year’s “Leap Awards,” which honor the companies that have made the biggest leaps to improve employee happiness year-over-year. CareerBliss evaluated more than 250,000 company reviews and ratings it received from _____nationwide to determined the top 50 deserving companies. To_______the list, each company had to have at least 50 reviews.
“The Leap Awards are important because they highlight _____ in our workforce,” says CareerBliss’s chief executive, Heidi Golledge. CaareerBliss asked the respondents to evaluate the key factors that ______work happiness, including work-life balance, one’s relationship with the boss and co-workers, the work environment, job resources, salary, growth opportunities, company culture, company reputation, daily tasks, and job _____ .
Each respondent valued each of these things on a 1-to-5 scale, and indicated how important each was to their overall happiness at work. These numbers were______to find an average rating of overall employee happiness for each company. These averages were compared to last year’s numbers to find which companies had ______the most.
“Every employer who receives a Leap Award should ______their workplace happiness initiatives,” says Golledge. “Even though we are coming out of a difficult time, it is _____to see companies putting their efforts into providing a great environment for their employees. These efforts in workplace happiness will ensure that their employees will be around for years to come, as happiness breeds _____ .”
“We find each year that work-life balance is a key factor in determining employee happiness,” says Golledge. “Employee want to know that they can balance their career with their family and personal life. Often this______ over things like salary. Having programs that allow managers to offer employees flexibility can be a key factor in creating a happy work environment. ______, we see career advancement programs have a big impact on overall employee happiness. Often employees would rather take a job for a ______salary, if the company provides a comprehensive program which will help grow their career. Employees want to learn, develop and sustain a successful career path.”
Workplace happiness is the core of Career Bliss’ mission, Miller says“An individual’s happiness at work will create happiness throughout all areas of their life, and ______a company with a happy, motivated workforce will see exceptional results in its products and services.”
1. A.soar | B.change | C.cease | D.disappear |
2. A.netizens | B.administrators | C.candidates | D.employees |
3. A.make up | B.quality for | C.count on | D.refer to |
4. A.change | B.power | C.duty | D.variety |
5. A.lay in | B.resulted from | C.focused on | D.contributed to |
6. A.analysis | B.vacancy | C.flexibility | D.responsibility |
7. A.applied | B.combined | C.compared | D.remembered |
8. A.benefited | B.improved | C.changed | D.produced |
9. A.approve of | B.account for | C.take pride in | D.get used to |
10. A.good | B.easy | C.impossible | D.interesting |
11. A.profit | B.honesty | C.creativity | D.loyalty |
12. A.turns | B.runs | C.advantages | D.skips |
13. A.However | B.Otherwise | C.Besides | D.Instead |
14. A.lower | B.fair | C.regular | D.similar |
15. A.obviously | B.frankly | C.fortunately | D.similarly |