Keeping Your Workforce Engaged During Layoffs

eni rises to the economic challenge by supporting employees, management, and Human Resource through uncertain and stressful times.

eni, a national leader of corporate wellness and productivity solutions including Employee Assistance and Wellness Programs, provides services that educate, engage and empower your workforce.

In this time of uncertainty, corporations need the support of a proactive EAP such as eni to keep their workforce functioning at its maximum potential. Layoffs create an undeniable amount of stress on everyone involved, and attention must be paid to keeping your surviving employees engaged and productive to avoid future layoffs.

The natural reaction to stress is to turn inward rather than reach out for help. Withdrawn employees will struggle with relationships, health and motivation. The result; employees that were once considered top talent are now absent, more susceptible to illness and depression, and far less productive than this economy will allow. Your employee suffers, your customers suffer, and ultimately, business suffers.

Now is the time to be proactive before anxiety escalates. To help our clients lead their workforce through this stressful time, we work in partnership to establish two-way communication by creating special promotions or newsletters. To avoid harmful gossip, we establish confidential HR hotlines where employees receive valid answers to their questions.

This is a good time to conduct a quick survey where we assess issues and concerns, with the confidential protection employees’ trust from their EAP.

We also suggest increasing the awareness of your EAP benefit to your employees and their family members who share the stress. We often send our counselors and trainers for on-site support or stress management training, dedicating time to the ever-important frontline supervisors.

Most importantly, we believe in supporting HR Executives, who often incur the most stresses during the layoff process. By understanding our customer’s situation, expectations and pressures, we work to provide a full spectrum of support – professionally and personally – to keep you at your best during this difficult time.