Dear Mr. Gurjar,
You had misinterpreted my comments. I was favouring EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION but not the COST FACTORS. Yes, you are right, it is all about COST-Vs-EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION, as every organisation has it own LIMITS and RUN THE SHOW within BUDGET LINES.
"EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION" is a PRODUCTIVITY FACTOR enabling organisation to PERFORM BETTER and MUCH BETTER, but NO ORGANISATION would love to spend "BEYOND ITS LIMITS". A portion(%) of the "PROFIT GENERATED" as agreed(ACHIEVED TARGETS) is shared between employees, this involves PLANNING and operates on applicable/accepted TERMS & CONDITIONS.
If i happen to be an entrepreneur, i have my "TARGETS TO BE ACHIEVED" on TOP OF THE PRIORITY, while keeping in mind THE OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURE or so called COST FACTORS. Here, COST FACTORS includes EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION LEVELS. I should be knowing "HOW TO ACHIEVE MY TARGETS WHILE ENSURING MY EMPLOYEES SATISFACTION LEVELS, BUT NOT IGNORING THEM, AS THEY ARE PART OF MY BUSINESS OPERATIONS/ACTIVITIES".
Therefore, both are not OPPOSING FACTORS, they go hand-in-hand. If i knew how to get things through my employees, i should also know how to SATISFY them. This is the BASIC LOGIC.
In INDIAN CONTEXT, most of the organisations concentrate on "MORE PROFITS - NOT JUST PROFIT", the best example for TYPICAL INDIAN MENTALITY, as we are least worried about PERFORMING ASSETS(our EMPLOYEES), hence ATTRITION RATIO IS HIGH, RETENTION STRATEGIES ARE NOT PRACTICED EFFECTIVELY, etc. Whereas, if you study WESTERNER'S APPROACH, they purely operate on "GIVE & TAKE POLICY". They knew "HOW TO RETAIN THEIR EMPLOYEES(SATISFACTION LEVELS ARE MET TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT) WHILE MAKING EVERYTHING CLEAR IN BLACK & WHITE".
If you have further clarifications, kindly do feel to revert. Will provide you sufficient amount of inputs, while ensuring your SATISFACTIONS LEVELS.
With profound regards