Comments on: The 9 Worst Ways to Manage People https://www.evilhrlady.org/2016/02/the-9-worst-ways-to-manage-people.html Everything to make HR better Sat, 08 Jul 2017 10:53:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Jean https://www.evilhrlady.org/2016/02/the-9-worst-ways-to-manage-people.html#comment-206966 Fri, 19 Feb 2016 13:23:01 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3810#comment-206966 What I find incredible is that the boss of these bosses never seems to be aware of the destructive nature of their behavior. One would think that if a particular department experiences extraordinary turnover when other departments are stable, it would be a red flag that something is rotten in Denmark (or in accounting, as it was in my case). Yet it never occurred to senior management to look into the root cause.

]]> By: Rebecca https://www.evilhrlady.org/2016/02/the-9-worst-ways-to-manage-people.html#comment-206963 Fri, 19 Feb 2016 12:09:24 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3810#comment-206963 “Not everyone can be trusted to work from home, so no one can work from home”. Ugh. When it’s snowy and icy, I have to make an almost 50 mile round trip to the office, so my butt is in a seat, to log into a computer system 1400 miles away to do my work. I could do this safely from my house! “Every day at quitting time, you’re out of here like you were shot in the a**.” Yep. No cost of living increases, no merit increases, telling me that I make enough money, and other people need to be brought up to a higher pay level because…well…they are new but lower performers, but they have bills to pay, so yes, I put in my 8 hours and leave. Oh, and keep calling the entire staff into your office to discuss performance issues that one or two people have, who never think it’s them, and waste our time over and over like we’re in grade school.

Yes, I work for one of these managers. I am trying to not work for one of these managers. This is the year!

]]> By: Evil HR Lady https://www.evilhrlady.org/2016/02/the-9-worst-ways-to-manage-people.html#comment-206962 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 19:31:06 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3810#comment-206962 In reply to grannybunny.

Congratulations on getting out!

]]> By: Evil HR Lady https://www.evilhrlady.org/2016/02/the-9-worst-ways-to-manage-people.html#comment-206961 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 19:30:48 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3810#comment-206961 In reply to Antonia Siemaszko.

I hate that with a passion.

]]> By: Evil HR Lady https://www.evilhrlady.org/2016/02/the-9-worst-ways-to-manage-people.html#comment-206960 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 19:27:00 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3810#comment-206960 In reply to charles.

Yes! I certainly have.

]]> By: charles https://www.evilhrlady.org/2016/02/the-9-worst-ways-to-manage-people.html#comment-206959 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 19:26:23 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3810#comment-206959 So, Suzanne, I see you’ve been talking to a couple of my former managers.

]]> By: Antonia Siemaszko https://www.evilhrlady.org/2016/02/the-9-worst-ways-to-manage-people.html#comment-206957 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 17:49:04 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3810#comment-206957 Oh man the one I hate the most is the “let’s make a crazy rule and punish the whole building because one person who has never even been talked to about something did x.”

It’s bad enough when they punish the whole building for someone who is on a PIP over it, but most of the time they don’t even attempt to deal with the person.

And the scary part is I bet most people reading your column have had most of these bosses in the past.

]]> By: grannybunny https://www.evilhrlady.org/2016/02/the-9-worst-ways-to-manage-people.html#comment-206956 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 15:34:53 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3810#comment-206956 I just escaped a manager guilty of most of those practices.

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