From the article: Top Ten Employee Complaints
Employees complain. Face it. If you work with people, sometimes employees complain. Ignoring employee complaints will only increase their complaining. What do employees in your company complain about? See More Reader Responses. Your Employee Complaints?
Devil's Advocate
- Instead of complaining about others, why don't we offer a solution that would make things better in the workplace? I am a boss and I get really annoyed with people who complain to each other and bring down morale instead of discussing the matter with me first and eventually I do find out what the problem is so it's no use to keep it from me. I really want to help but don't just assume your boss doesn't want to help because of bad past experiences. Do you really think other employees give two $#!*'s about your troubles at work? Not really. sorry to say. To your face they may act like they care but eventually you may be a target of gossip yourself so I suggest if you have a beef, take the high road and talk to the boss and leave other employees out of it. I know for a fact that the less people know about you, the better off you'll be. You're there to work, make a living and contribute to society - and nobody owes you a living, either.
- —Guest Voula
Ignoring help
- I've been sending emails to my supervisor asking for work but they are totally ignored...never responds at all.
- —Guest daboyzklab
Women Complaining
- I manage a small group of women in a family run business. I have managed people for over 25 years. I still find the problem with women acting and complaining about each other as if they are in their teens. I am sure this goes on in other groups. Most of the complaints come from a group that are in the 25-30 year old range. Do they just have a maturity issue?
- —Guest louise
Whine
- My staff constantly complains about faults, yet they offer no real solutions, just suggestions. Before one complains, be sure to have a backup solution--a real solution, not just words.
- —Guest Jake
Tiff
- We complain about our manager. She is ALWAYS on the phone, shows up late, and doesn't care if others get breaks or lunches. She just takes up space.
- —Guest Tiffany
Parking
- Employees at my (former) company were always complaining about parking. This is Iowa and the winters are hard, so everyone wanted a spot close to the door. Of course, that's not possible, so there were always people coming up with crazy ideas to make parking spots more "fair." Big time-waster that makes no one happy.
- —jeanbiztaxlaw
Other Employee
- I am now facing a situation where a couple of employees are unhappy with the output of another, creating negativity among staff and customers.
- —Guest Ann - Canada
Unfair in the workplace
- We are never told that we are doing a good job from our manager. Instead, she will let us know what we have done wrong. There is also favoritism in the workplace. On a scale of 1 to 10 the employee morale is 1.
- —Guest Laura
internal pay equity
- The new employees are starting off making more money than I am. I have been at my present employer over a year and recenlty found out that the new employees were starting out $2.00 more than I. And to make matters worse they are up for their 3 month evalutions after which they will be making more.
- —Guest yvonne hubbard
tips
- I work at a restaurant but the owner doesn't give us the tips. All tips they put in the box in our presence but never give to us. What do I need to do? Thanks, geise.
- —Guest geise
Now I'm Compaining about Extras
- I've read in this blog: housing allowance, transport allowance, meal allowance, etc.....seems a bit spoiled to me. Many people are being laid off, I'd be happy with a job and some decent benefits. Sounds like those employees need to put things into perspective.
- —Guest Rita
Communication
- At our company, the lack of communication explains much of our complaints. At the occasional staff meeting, communication is stressed and then the next day, there is a lack of it. We also experienced a lot of lay-offs in September that cut our staff in half and what remains is fear. Without communication, you lack a lot.
- —Guest Sally
Supervisor
- I find that most of the employees in my company that complain, are the ones who do the least amount of work, but expect more pay. If I have an employee who, when done with their daily tasks, never steps outside of the box and asks if anyone needs help or what additional work they can take on - instead they are surfing the net, etc. - those are the ones that think they are doing a great job however they are too selfish to pitch in when a coworker is in need of some help. They are also the same ones that think they are 'due' a bigger raise than everyone else however they fail to meet deadlines and are extremely self absorbed.
- —Guest Jennifer
Talent is the key
- When employees don't have a talent for their jobs they'll complain about most everything since they are not engaged by their jobs. However, even engaged employees will resent being underpaid and/or mismanaged. Most employees don't have an adequate talent for their jobs because they were hired for their competence alone. Most hiring managers cannot answer the following questions with any specificity. How do you define talent? How do you measure talent? How do you know a candidate’s talent? How do you know what talent is required by each job? How do you match a candidate’s talent to the talent demanded by the job to be filled? Bob Gately gately@csi.com
- —Bob_Gately
Training Manager
- Most of our employees complain about leadership or lack thereof. Workloads are not distributed properly, lack of sufficient training, and poor management makes for a very frustrating environment. Also, when suggestions are made or recommended by employees they are considered a threat instead of a blessing.
- —Guest Joseph
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