13 of 30 Reasons Employees Hate Managers

How do the people you manage feel about you? Do they love you or leave you?

How do you feel about the person who manages you? After another unproductive meeting do you curse your fate and feel hate for your manager?

Bruce L. Katcher along with Adam Snyder have written 30 Reasons Employees Hate Their Managers: What Your People May Be Thinking and What You Can Do About It.

The book is divided into 5 parts:

• Employees are treated like children
• Employees aren’t respected
• Employees aren’t receiving what they really need
• Employees feel unappreciated
• W-O-R-K has become a 4-letter word

The book helps you understand why employees are not happy and what managers can do to make the workplace a more supportive and productive environment.

Here are 13 of the 30 reasons employees may hate their manager:

1. I know how to do my job, why can’t they just let me do it?
2. Nobody appreciates my hard work
3. There are different rules for different people
4. Management doesn’t listen to us
5. My boss is a terrible manager
6. There is too much red tape here
7. Why don’t they get rid of all of the deadwood around here?
8. There are too many damn meetings
9. My performance reviews are useless
10. It’s impossible to get promoted here
11. I hate coming in to work, it’s become just a job for me now
12. I’ve got no time for myself or my family
13. My company isn’t committed to me, so why should I be committed to it?

Did you identify with any of the above items? Do you hate your manager or does your manager prevent the 30 reasons you might hate her or him?

If you would like to learn more or have a fuller understanding of this dynamic and the other 17 reasons, I encourage you to read the book.

You also have a chance to lunch with the author. Mr. Katcher will be conducting a one hour live on-line session this Monday August 18th., 2007 from noon to 1 p.m. EDT. at this link on the Globe and Mail.

Grab your bologna sandwich and your diet soda as you lunch and learn how to dissipate the hate. You can also submit your questions before the session at the link above. If you wish to ask a question or leave a comment you must complete the quick and free registration at the site.

Posted by David Zinger