o.C.TANNER5Culture Trendsfor 2025In 2025, employees are re-evaluating the value of workand Total Rewards in their lives. What does this mean forworkplace culture? Check out 5 culture trends for 2025 andhow you can prepare.eTrendsfor2025|1
Culture Trend #1:A Renewed Focuson CareintheWorkplaceIn today's workplace, employees evaluate their employer's actions by decidinghow much their company cares about them and whether that care is worthyof their effort and loyalty in return. Focus groups found how people answe2 questions about work shapes their relationship with the workplace: Am lsurviving?And if so, am I thrivinatOne-third ofemplovees are merelysurviving at workThebiaaest challenaefor2025 will be closing the gapbetween whatorganizations offer employees in terms of the compensation and benefits foundin Total Rewards and what employees need to survive and thrive. Employerscan start by putting care at the center of their strategies. When the exchange ofemployment feels less like a transaction, and more like a relationship filled withcare, people canthrive at work.oddsofIncreasedImpactBased on EmploveePerceptiorWEAKSENSETHEORGANIZATIONTHEORGANIZATIONBENEFIT“CARESABOUTME"“CARESABOUTME'Senseofthrivingatwork+378%-80%20250.C.TANNERGLOBALCULTURESTUDYO.C.TANNERendsfor2025|2
There'salsoabusinessbenefit tocarinafor people becauseemploveeswhothrive at work are.30%less likely to leave the organization.12x more likely to feel high engagement.7xmorelikely todogreatworkWhatoraanizationscando:Comanvbenefits and offerinas are more successful when they demonstrateand reinforce a genuine concern for people and their wellbeing. Emphasizethat Total Rewards offerings or benefit packages are a direct reflectionof employees importance and that the organization wants to fulfill theinimmediate and futureneeds so emploveescan thrive.Clearlvcommunicate thiscareand invest inresources and supportwhen employeesuse these offeringsPractice empathy and give recognition regularly to show employees you seeand value them.“As work constructs are changing, thewayorganizationsstructuretheir payand rewards programsis alsochangingThiswill plavamassive role in decidingwhether yourorganizationdeliverson itspromises."-DR.SCOTTCAWOOD,CEO,WORLDATWORKO.C.TANNER
CultureTrend #2:RethinkingTotalRewardsFor the past 20 vears. manv organizations have tried to demonstrate this senseof care through Total Rewards a wav to help emplovees see the full investmenorganizations make in them.In an effort to meet a diverse set of employeeneeds many organizations have defaulted to an endless buffet of benefits.However.the researchfindsmostTotalRewardsstrateaiesfall short of thei purpose and may even have a negative effect. In fact, less than 40% of workers.know the meaning of the term "Total Rewards,"only 14% of those people canexplain it, and many employees think of certain"'rewards" as a mandatoryminimumconditionofemployment.Theresearchalsoshowsitdoesn'tmattehow robust a benefits package is i...
