What Employees Dislike Most in the Organizations?

[Vijay Kumar Shrotryia]

Herzberg did a work on motivating and maintenance factors and brought out interesting research outcomes in the 60s. I would like to know from the members of this network, what are those factors today which employees dislike most in the organizations. It could be Location, Supervision, Working Conditions, Work Environment, Task itself, Bosses, Subordinates, Co workers, Salary, Commutation, Stress, Traveling, Working Hours, Rules and Regulations, etc etc. Please make submissions and lets brainstorm on these factors. Wherever you think proper you could provide related links.
Looking forward.
Vijay

[Vijay Kumar Shrotryia]

Hi MinhNH
Thanx for sharing your work. Would it be possible to share little more about the work. It shall provide a better understanding of the issues to the members here and would help us understand things better....

Thanx once again.

looking forward

wishes
vijay

[Abhishek Mittal]

Hi Vijay,

In my experience, the immediate supervisor is the "lens" through which employees view the organization. Perceptions (good or bad) are being shaped at a workgroup level. However, I do not want to underplay the role of the leadership here. The senior management sets the tone and not only drive business performance, but also people management practices. A lot of research consistently shows that the leadership is a top driver of employee engagement. Take a look at the Global Workforce Study report by Towers Perrin:
http://www.towersperrin.com/tp/showhtml.jsp?url=global/publications...

At a more granular level, there are a few things that can "bug" employees a lot:
Lack of role clarity
Non-availability of performance-enabling resources
Inadequate recognition leading to a sense of insignificance
Managers being 'emotionally' detached from the workgroup and thus having a weak 'care' orientation
Lack of clarity on career paths
Lack of clarity on the future of the organization - coming from poor communication around 'change'.

[Vijay Kumar Shrotryia]

Hi Abhishek
First, Thanx for the submission. I have downloaded the report and shall go through certainly.
What I understand from your views is that Liking or Disliking of the Employees in the organization depends on the type of Leaders (supervisor), the employees have. I fully agree to that and there are many works to cite which have concluded rather same view.

looking further...

vijay

[Ray Seghers]

I agree with previous comments. I certainly think that participation in decision making, communications, and work/life balance are all very important.

Trust is key. Personally, one of the things that I hated most was a boss treating us to something (e.g., free Cokes or snacks) while "stabbing us in the back." We distrusted everything he did. I would have rather that he did nothing.

I also agree with the Maslow hierarchy concept. When I was Research Director for The Loyalty Institute in Ann Arbor, we discovered that type of relationship among key organizational factors. We identified 5 levels -- Safety/Security, Rewards, Affiliation, Growth, Work/Life Harmony. This model was very helpful in working with organizations as they developed action plans for improvement.

[Vijay Kumar Shrotryia]

Hi Ray
Thanx for the submission.
So When the Boss (Leader/supervisor) takes employees for granted, employees dislike it most. It disturbs the whole organizational fabric both for the management and for the employees and hence all the stakeholders.
Good to know about 5 levels, I shall like to hear more on that: [e-mail].

looking forward
vijay