12 Things That Your Employees Don’t Like About You

By: Dianne Shaddock

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12 Things That Your Employees

Don’t Like About You

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In my role as an employee relations consultant for both supervisors and

employees at various companies, I’ve met with scores of workers who

have voiced a litany of concerns about the things that they don’t like about

their managers. The goal of this list below is not to pass judgment but, to

make supervisors more aware of employee perceptions; giving those

managers who may identify with the concerns expressed an opportunity to

make changes over time.

Some of the most common complaints that employees have leveled

against their supervisors:

1. Regularly showing preferential treatment to some employees over

others

2. Micromanager; no faith in the employee’s ability to perform the job

3. Supervisors who don’t have an understanding the work that they do

and the daily challenges that they face

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4. Too administrative, (inability to perform the day to day aspects of the

job(s) of the people that they supervise

5. Lack of support; particularly when problems occur, (not watching

their employees backs)

6. Not having direct access to you when needed

7. Lack of communication and feedback

8. Lack of acknowledgement or praise for special accomplishments on

the job

9. Not working as hard as they do, (not in the office, always in

meetings)

10. Not being an effective leader. This perception includes the

supervisor that lets peers walk all over them to not dealing

immediately with disruptive or difficult employees

11. Not showing your “human” side

12. Not listening/Talking over them/Ignoring them

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