importance of employee communications

This past week i was writing a short paper about the importane of employee relations and the value in creating a comfortable and inspiring working environment. Everyone that comes out of college is nervous and scared about finding a job that they want. We are all in a panic about what we are going to do after college. But we sometimes forget to consider that even if we get our dream job there is a chance that we may hate it because not every company treats their employees fairly and not every company makes working there enjoyable. I feel like all companies in this day and age should undertstand that if their employees are simply coming to work and counting down the hours till they leave, then productivity will continously stand still. Management must make the effort to open communications with the staff and make them feel comfortable about sharing ideas, concerns, thoughts, suggestions, or comments. And employee must feel comfortable coming up to his boss to discuss something and his boss must be able to share feeback and motivate the employee to work at a top level. There has too be a constant flow of meetings, newsletters, emails, and dialogue for employees to be fully engaged in the company. There should be incentives to do good work as well because lets face it we tend to work harder for a prize.It doesnt have to be anything big and could even be as simple as a handshake from your boss with a genuine "great job" attached. If a company makes an effort to make the work place enjoyable and an employee recognizes that an works his butt off, then everyone will be happy and the company will do much better.