Comments on: What Do Employees Expect? http://www.cmccompensationgroup.com/what-do-employees-expect Global Compensation Consultants Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:33:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: A. Manager http://www.cmccompensationgroup.com/what-do-employees-expect/comment-page-1#comment-53 A. Manager Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:25:26 +0000 http://www.cmccompensationgroup.com/?p=465#comment-53 Interestingly enough out of the five suggestions offered, three involved money. Accordingly, all any employer has to do is pay more money and the employee will be happy. Employee engagement is all about money? Yes, I understand my statement is simplistic and overdramatized; however, Once in a while I would like to hear about EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT. What do employees have to do to engage their employer? Let's think of a few. How about actually reading the Employee Manual. How about you have only been working a month, you are not eligible for vacation time, and why is my problem that you told your BFF, that you would go to Lobsterfest. How about, not hearing how your Mom or Dad’s medical policy covered your eye glasses. How about not telling your employer this is how I’ve always done this job, I have no intentions of doing it differently. How about yes, understanding that 15 times absences in six months, is not good and “I was sick what did you want me to do?” is an inappropriate response. How about (especially for first time, entering into the work place employees) abiding by the dress code and not having to hear that your friend wears this (jeans, tee shirt, flip flops, anything more appropriate at the beach, and the tattoos) to work why can't you? You didn’t look like for your job interview. If you would have walked in during your job interview, dressed like that, you would never have been hired. Why are you wearing it now? How about get off your personal calls/emails/texts/IM’s while using company equipment office telephone, cell phone, blackberry, and/or pda. How about you are not supposed to sell Avon, Amway or anything else during office hours. How about let’s not spend 45 minutes talking about “the game” or any other sporting event. How about understanding that your manager/boss/direct report IS ACTUALLY IS DOING everything possible, to ensure that EVERYONE ACTUALLY HAS A JOB. That they can pay their rent and eat food. Instead of dealing with a whiny employee who believe that although they have a very nice Master’s degree, they have zero working experience, zero streets smarts, and haven’t the common sense that god gave a fly to fly. If theory were actuality, you would not need to read a book. How about understanding that even your manager is happy to have a job? That your manager knows at any moment, the supervising manager may come in and say, we have to downsize 50 people or close this department or even worse, Manager, I have to let you go. I completely understand that there are managers in the workplace that should be fired. Believe me I have come across a few that should be arrested. Six month pay reviews? Are you joking? Every manager that I’ve spoke to have the same theme. The job we paid abc dollars has now been downgraded to xyz dollars. You would like to think I am referring to the bad employees. I wonder how many “stellar” employees will read this and say to themselves, let me go into my manager’s office and see what I can do to make his/her life easier. Maybe the fact that he never complains about me, is a blessing. Interestingly enough out of the five suggestions offered, three involved money. Accordingly, all any employer has to do is pay more money and the employee will be happy. Employee engagement is all about money? Yes, I understand my statement is simplistic and overdramatized; however, Once in a while I would like to hear about EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT.

What do employees have to do to engage their employer? Let’s think of a few. How about actually reading the Employee Manual.

How about you have only been working a month, you are not eligible for vacation time, and why is my problem that you told your BFF, that you would go to Lobsterfest.

How about, not hearing how your Mom or Dad’s medical policy covered your eye glasses.

How about not telling your employer this is how I’ve always done this job, I have no intentions of doing it differently.

How about yes, understanding that 15 times absences in six months, is not good and “I was sick what did you want me to do?” is an inappropriate response.

How about (especially for first time, entering into the work place employees) abiding by the dress code and not having to hear that your friend wears this (jeans, tee shirt, flip flops, anything more appropriate at the beach, and the tattoos) to work why can’t you? You didn’t look like for your job interview. If you would have walked in during your job interview, dressed like that, you would never have been hired. Why are you wearing it now?

How about get off your personal calls/emails/texts/IM’s while using company equipment office telephone, cell phone, blackberry, and/or pda.

How about you are not supposed to sell Avon, Amway or anything else during office hours.

How about let’s not spend 45 minutes talking about “the game” or any other sporting event.

How about understanding that your manager/boss/direct report IS ACTUALLY IS DOING everything possible, to ensure that EVERYONE ACTUALLY HAS A JOB. That they can pay their rent and eat food. Instead of dealing with a whiny employee who believe that although they have a very nice Master’s degree, they have zero working experience, zero streets smarts, and haven’t the common sense that god gave a fly to fly. If theory were actuality, you would not need to read a book.

How about understanding that even your manager is happy to have a job? That your manager knows at any moment, the supervising manager may come in and say, we have to downsize 50 people or close this department or even worse, Manager, I have to let you go.

I completely understand that there are managers in the workplace that should be fired. Believe me I have come across a few that should be arrested.

Six month pay reviews? Are you joking? Every manager that I’ve spoke to have the same theme. The job we paid abc dollars has now been downgraded to xyz dollars.
You would like to think I am referring to the bad employees. I wonder how many “stellar” employees will read this and say to themselves, let me go into my manager’s office and see what I can do to make his/her life easier. Maybe the fact that he never complains about me, is a blessing.

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