Employee’s needs in coronavirus situation in the selected organization

Covid-19 caused many changes in the working environment. This situation is demanding for both organizations and employees. The needs of employees could change and organizations are looking for new and effective approaches to the employees concerning this difficult coronavirus crisis. Companies are now interested in the question of how the needs, motivation, and satisfaction of employees changed. This work aims to identify the needs of employees, find out the most important motivational factors and analyze overall satisfaction in the coronavirus situation. To accomplish this goal, a questionnaire survey was distributed in such a company, that was interested in analyzing this topic of the actual needs of its employees. This company is not highly affected by the coronavirus crisis, so the employees cannot worry about their job security. Even so, the company needs to find out how are the employees now satisfied and what improves their motivation. It was found that motivational factors are different in comparison with the situation before the coronavirus situation. Employees are now more worried about their health and try to satisfy needs such as health, safety, and security at first. Financial reward was not identified as the most important factor. The most important factors for employees are suitable supervisors, job security, and the possibility of a home office. The biggest contribution of this work is the insight of employees at their needs in this coronavirus crisis. Based on these insights, recommendations of how to boost the satisfaction and motivation of the employees in this difficult situation were determined. Implementation of these recommendations could lead to increased satisfaction and motivation of employees.