When Employees TURN!!!
To learn what turns employees against their bosses and their companies, the Manpower Group polled employees and HR managers.
Here’s Manpower’s 10 worst loyalty-killers, in reverse order of importance to employees:
10 reasons employees (dislike) their employers
It isn’t all that complicated to instill loyalty in employees — especially the good ones.
10. Complicated communication. Employees want to be informed, but not confused.
9. No employee input into decisions. Everyone wants to give an opinion – and feel that it matters.
8. No feedback or delayed feedback, especially for good work. Don’t fall into the thinking of “unless I criticize you, assume you’re doing OK.”
7. Too few one-on-one meetings. People crave the boss’s time and attention.
6. Too much rigidity. Rules that are in place because “we’ve always done it that way” are dangerous.
5. Lots of talk and little listening. A manager whose talking time outweighs listening time will lose employee loyalty and attention.
4. Just plain bad and uncaring supervisors. Employees know who they are. Trust us, they know.
3. Not using employee strengths. Employees want a chance to shine at what they do best.
2. Employees’ not knowing how they’ll benefit personally. Everyone listens to radio station WIFM – “What’s in It For Me?”
And the worst engagement-killer, according to the poll, is …
1. Lack of dignity and respect. Treat people as if they’re machines, and you’ll end up with robots.
