50+ Ways a Manager can get Employees to quit
i’ve read this article from DumbLittleMan which talks about an interesting issue in the author’s workplace(an IT Company), on "How Managers Get their Employees to Quit". it’s a good timing since our’s is also an IT Company.. and turn-overs are gettting high… and the Top Management don’t even bother to look on it and came up with an action plan.(well i guess they knew about this, and they had probably done something about it, but until this time we could not see/feel those ACTIONS they’ve had implemented just to retain their best people). the author came up with a survey on his peers why they hate their Manager, and below are the things their Manager had done to keep his good men away from him.(hmmm maybe i can do the same survey here in the office, i’m a bit curious why they quit. ehehehehe)
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Assign enough projects with tight deadlines so that your team has no choice but to work a 60 hour week while you only work 30 hours
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Cap overtime pay. Do not offer project pay.
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Constantly underestimate the time it takes to get things done and then penalize employees’ bonuses because they didn’t hit the goal.
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Talk more than you listen.
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Tell the team to begin planning for tons of deployments but never obtain the budget to actually implement any of them.
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Don’t trust written time cards.
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Make employees email you when they get to the office so you can see a timestamp when they get in.
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Always take sides in disputes instead of moderating.
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Avoid looking people in the eye.
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Reprimand employees in front of the entire team.
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Hire someone that is very weak to take the place of a veteran and expect the same results from the team.
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Reprimand Mark but don’t reprimand Tony when he makes the same error. Consistency is good.
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Never ask you employees if they are challenged enough or want to take on more responsibility.
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Make promises to internal customers but have no idea on the elements involved in getting the task done.
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You know that Tony is a slacker, but he is really cool to hang out with so keep him around and give him good reviews.
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Suzy can take 20 minute breaks instead of 10 because she’s a little cuter than Paul.
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Give your employees 2nd tier systems to work with but expect top tier results.
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Never cross train anybody on anything.
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The skills they walked in with are the skills they are leaving with.
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Mandate a new policy without consulting a single person that will have to live with it.
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Give employees low raises because the more you save, the higher your bonus.
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When talking to an employee on the phone, type away at your email.
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That’s a great time to catch-up! When someone comes to you with an issue regarding another employee, use a lot of big words to explain the situation but really take no interest or action.
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Create a desk cleanliness policy.
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When Suzy comes in late and leaves early, and we complain, do nothing about it.
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Instead of offering to help hands-on, watch from a distance and provide support over email.
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Mandate that the entire team use a single to-do list application simply because you think it’s best.
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Make your best employees train the newbies for weeks at a time but insist that all deadlines be met.
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Never answer your cell phone.
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Never be the on-call guy to share in the team burden.
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Have a group of employees that you get a long with and go out to lunch with while those that you don’t like get left out.
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Send employees lots of chain letters, poems and other crap spam when they are hard at work.
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Constantly give your employees vague project plans and get pissed when the result is not what you wanted.
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Refuse to upgrade a system after the entire team asks for it and then be sure not to give a valid reason.
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Blame everything on your boss because no one will ever call you on it.
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Make all men wear ties.
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Do not let employees expense cell phone use but require a cell phone number for the on-call guy.
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Shut off access to Google and Ebay because it’s not "required for work".
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Never let employees hangout and use the corp. network to play games after hours.
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Tell employees to do plan B because you will save $11 even though plan A is the safer, more efficient way to go.
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I don’t care what they are working on. No one should get a monitor larger than yours.
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Insist employees come to your wife’s silly Barbecue.
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Give advice on topics you are only partially educated in.
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When the kudos are handed out, you should take the credit because you managed the team. Do not give credit to anyone else.
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Monitor all phone use.
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Charge someone .25 days off for a dentist appointment.
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Lecture the team at least weekly.
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Hold team meetings to provide updates even though the updates only pertain to one-third of team.
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Buy the team lunch and always forget that Vegan in the corner…he’ll come around.
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Make the team fill out self evaluations but provide very vague feedback on what they type.
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Sleep with that girl Suzy on the team. No one will suspect she’s getting preferential treatment.
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Call the redhead guy on the team Rusty. Everyone will laugh and you are sure to win their hearts.
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Make sure the cubicles are as close to each other as physically possible. The open areas surrounding the group will be used eventually.
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Make the entire team read a book and then set aside 3 hours to discuss it. This is sure to increase productivity.
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Let a couple people work from the house, but provide no reason for it or ways for others to obtain the right.
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Insist that employees complete projects that even you admit are worthless.
well most this is what Managers do to their people now-a-days…they make their people feel worthless and undermine their abilities… i hope our Managers here are not doing those stuff listed above.. if they did.. i hope 25% is enough.. well they are not perfect…
i had read an article regarding turn-overs on a company. it talks about quitters on companies.
According to the author, "TURNOVER is tough to absorb at any company, but at smaller firms, where each employee tends to wear many hats, the pain can be more pronounced."
–> Well this is quite true in the place where i work.. Most of the employees wear many hats which means many responsibilities. Which makes the employees in a certain time burnt out and breaks down. Thus more of your them are looking to jump ship than the Management think.
"Nearly twice as many employees have taken actions to find a new job than the HR think, according to a job-satisfaction survey of the nearly 11,000 employees polled, 62% of them said they are "somewhat likely" or "very likely" to leave their jobs in the next three months–in most cases because they feel they are underpaid or underappreciated."
–> well i guess most of the employees who quits says the same thing…. i don’t know why probably they were not given some attention or noticed by the higher management.. or probably they see themselves as worthy to be promoted or appreciated but on the perspective of the Management, they had done nothing to be given some acknoldgement….
Employers have to figure, at any given time, that at least some of their employees are thinking about leaving. But most of the human resource managers greatly underestimated the extent to which many of their employees have gone to find a new gig.
–> Almost of employees now are probably have looked for new jobs on the Web, 75% have updated their resumes, and half have posted or e-mailed them to prospective employers, while the HR had done nothing so far. That’s a scary prospect. Turnover actually can cost anywhere from 50% to 100% of the departing employees’ salaries. Bottom line: Pay attention to what employees are saying in those exit interviews. Inadequate compensation was the No. 1 reason why employees would quit their jobs, followed by a lack of opportunities to advance and a lack of job recognition. Broken promises somewhat most of the time hit those poor employees who in return would expect something. Its is because of those big mouth liar Managers. But some of the best-paid workers are seeking greener pastures. HR managers don’t seem to be seeing the whole picture, besides not knowing how many employees were looking to leave, they were also blind to what keeps employees at their jobs.
For instance, HR would said that employee "compatibility with corporate culture" helped employee retention, while the employees said compatibility would be a good enough reason to stay with an employer. Employers are largely unaware of the real reasons for employee dissatisfaction, this disconnect could lead organizations to focus on the wrong issues, and as a result, they could experience high employee turnover and replacement costs that could be avoided.
-Neros Decay
today was our sportsfest 1st elimination round… it will be fun… im afraid that ill gonna play 3 sports today… waaaaaaaaaaaa at the end of the day.. i’ll be a dead piece of meat…
this morning, i received a mail from our Vice President for Operations… requesting Me and My Boss for a skill transfer meeting… knowing my Boss, i had already prepared the presentations that we will surely need.. and by 9:30 AM, i saw his shadow(My Boss) entering the premises where i am in… and i know already what he had to say.. DO THIS, DO THAT, IT SHOULD BE LIKE THIS, LIKE THAT.. FASTER.. I WANT TO SEE IT AFTER 20 MINUTES… because he was My Boss, so i’ll just follow what i was told to do so.. so i just make use of the presentations i had.. surely CUT-COPY-PASTE Technology make things easier and the impossible possible… but because of a limited time i was not able to finished it… and so he(My Boss) got MAD and scolded me.. saying… that i should have updated those presentations from time to time… (well i guess he is right.. maybe no… if it was the only task i have, then probably i had done it already)… so off we go to the Board Room… and there was our VP for Operations and the his Successor(A New Guy) waiting for us…and sowe begun our skill transfer… My Boss started to show his prowess.. his presentation and communication skills .. that is one of the things i knew he is good at.. not to mention he is also very good in convincing.. but most of the people hate him… =) [ for me he’s the best guy to present what i had created… right guys?] and so the meeting goes on… it lasted for about more than an hour.. and as the meeting come to an end… our VP for Operations suddenly invited me on their Management Planning Session… Wow! i was a bit shock and can’t believe of what i had heard… but My Boss came up with a very very quick response that I can’t join them.. because i will be very busy by the time of the planning session– according to him… coz he’s My Boss, so i just said YES, I think I am ok with it…(it was a good chance and a privilege to be invited by our VP for Operations… and My Boss just turn it down for me! WTF! what was he thinking? was he afraid that i might do something good.. would it be that he doesn’t want me to be in their circle? it was actually a good learning opportunity for me.. and yet it was gone in an instant…. DAMN!) well maybe next time.. if there will be next time… i think it was not yet my time… it will come soon.. soon.. soon… and so the meeting ended.. and i had to get of the board room or else i’ll gonna blow…. as experience and observed… My Boss is no good…. ( Am i too judgemental? maybe… maybe not… just let me RANT.. ok?)

komattana! i have been absent for 3 days now in my training/workout.. my coach/trainer will gonna kill me in my next workout…. i’m in a big trouble now… tomorrow i will definitely go to the gym and be tortured…. i heard my trainer want me to start a serious training… i don’t know what kind of serious training he has in mind.. and i was just thinking.. probably it will gonna hurt… waaaaaaaaaaaa
jaa.. goodluck to me tomorrow…
today J of Cebu message me of another weekend getaway. Bantayan Island escapade… and i said no.. coz i don’t have enought budget for it… and payday is still far… eheheheheh maybe next time… well i’ve seen some of their pix in Bantayan and it was so cool… someday.. i’ll will be able to visit such a nice place…
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