How To Connect With Employees That Don't Have Email

By Kristen Wells, Zinc

3 Ways to Communicate with Employees That Don’t Have Email

For desk-bound office workers, having a corporate email address is a given. For many of these workers, using email comprises a huge chunk of the day—often to their dismay. In stark contrast are deskless workers, the 2.7 billion-person strong portion of the global working population who don’t work from an office, don’t complete their work on a computer, and often, don’t have a company email address. Being able to communicate with employees that don’t have email can be quite the challenge.

Even though many deskless workers don’t have an email address, that doesn’t mean that shouldn’t receive important company news, alerts and information. In fact, staying informed and engaged both with their teams and the greater organization improves employee engagement, safety, and performance.

Here are great three strategies that will ensure you keep deskless workers in the loop, without needing to rely on email.

1. Regular Face to Face Communication with Management

A survey of deskless workers in the US found that while 71% of managers consider themselves very informed on relevant company-wide news, while only 40% of staff claim the same.