7 ways to make an employee happy without giving them a raise

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A high salary, large bonuses and frequent raises isn’t the silver bullet to employee happiness. Just look at the number of stories where people quit their lofty high-paying jobs for ones that might offer them more freedom, adventure or purpose. For example, Gravity Payments recently raised the minimum salary of their employees to $70,000 a year to be implemented over the next three years. Although the majority of employees were ecstatic upon hearing the announcement, not all employees were elated. This is reflected by two of their staff quitting shortly after the policy kicked into play which just goes to…

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