Today more than ever the talent that is looking for a job takes into account those companies that, in addition to granting a competitive salary, have benefits that are adapted to their needs to maintain their well-being and quality of life, this is called as emotional wages.
There are different emotional salaries. In it ebook How to raise wages in times of inflation The importance of having tools and solutions that allow not only meeting the economic needs of the teams, but also granting a type of salary for the general well-being of employees is shared.
The different types of emotional salaries that exist
purchasing benefits
They are those with which you can make purchases or represent a refund on the expense made. Examples of them can be grocery vouchers, savings funds, life insurance, among others.
Training and professional development
This part is fundamental for the development of the professional career of the employees, since it encourages them to continue thinking about their professional improvement, this can be done through mentoring plans, training, information plans, participation programs, among other things. .
Personal and work balance
This benefit helps to avoid stress in complicated situations and provides a balance between professional and personal life. This part is when companies offer flexible hours, home office, days off for personal matters, etc.
Worker Resources
Having spaces to carry out physical activities, as well as the freedom to request emotional support is a fundamental part, for this, it will be necessary for the work spaces to be adapted to the needs of workers, such as having a daycare center for single mothers and fathers.
Fair and equitable business culture
Transmit to employees the security of being able to express themselves without feeling discriminated against or judged to generate a healthy work environment with a fair, equitable business culture.
The balance between work and personal life
According to the study of Work Stress in Mexico, carried out by the Internet Association, half of the companies (51%) do not carry out actions that reduce stress in employees. While those companies that grant other types of benefits do not exceed 15% (wellness programs and emotional salary actions 14%, mental well-being programs 13%).
This same study reveals that 34% of young people between the ages of 18 and 29 tend to suffer from job stress because the organization does not have flexible hours, which makes many decide to look for job offers that provide them with more emotional benefits, since that younger generations place a high value on work-life balance. Besides that supports like these can increase the satisfaction, productivity and quality of life of your workers.
For this reason, it is recommended that in the face of complicated financial situations that are experienced today and that it is difficult to provide a salary increase to employees, it is necessary that companies, regardless of their size, take measures to create flexible and personalized benefit plans such as those that HRTech has to support its employees to maintain and care for their quality of life.
Ignacio Travesi Graduated in Law from the Complutense University of Madrid. He has worked at Gympass, BeWanted and EF Education First. He has extensive experience in the world of Human Resources. He currently serves as a co-founder and CSO at Cobee.