Every person employed today is aware of how much time and energy is put into the workday. This means allowing people to use their brains in their jobs. It means pushing or even pulling people out of their comfort zones. Compensation is usually the most talked-about element as to why people stay at or leave a place of employment, but it is not the highest on the list. Unfortunately, in our society people tend to focus on salary and not much else.
Compensation is more than just salary.
It is a combination of many monetary factors that make up the overall cost of the employee to the company. For example, holidays are an expense to the employer, but the employee doesn't usually count that in the equation. What we don't see in the paycheck doesn't count. Business owners owe it to themselves and their employees to explain the hidden benefits that people receive when employed. I know that Southwest Airlines is a place where the employees have a lot of fun, but they also get the job done.