Top 3 on What people hate hearing from their boss
I wonder what people hate hearing from their boss. Unfortunately I don’t have any ‘readers’ to have this question answered. There are many things (good and bad) you can hear from management. Over the 5 years that I have joined the work force I’ve heard a lot of ‘em (but I bet not all). These are probably the top 3 I heard being said at one point or another.
The top 3….
1. Being told that you might be fired or “your not fired yet” by your boss. No one likes to be told that their job is on the line. Sure one could look at being fired is worse, but is it? At least then the mandalin already came falling down on your neck. Threatening is like torture. I’d pick death over torture any day. Personally it would make me feel insignificant, worthless and scared about my job and if next month’s bills will be paid.
2. Being told it will come in the future or in the coming months. This is the type of technique used to very often delay a request by employee(s). Whether its a promotion, pay raise or just needing stickies for your cubicle. Personally it would make me lose confidence in my boss.
3. Being told that if you try to go somewhere else you will get a bad reference. Oh I bet this has happened to the best of us. It has happened so often that in many states (including Washington) this is completely illegal. If someone comes checking for a reference the only information that the previous employer is allowed to disclose is the fact that he/she did work for the company, position and the tenure at the company. Any bad references that isn’t backed up with hard evidence could be seen as slander as it is the opinion of one person at the company (It’s technically even not allowed to disclose the good, but no one would complain would they :-)).
So that is my top 3. I bet it’d be terrible if your boss had said all those things to you. However it wouldn’t surprise if some have indeed been told all of the items on my top 3 from their boss.
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