The 10 Most Frustrating Employee Work Habits

I just got this email from HR411:

Have you ever experienced any of the following?

An employee who…

• Is habitually late to work
• Takes extended breaks
• Makes personal calls during work time
• Is so negative his attitude rubs off on co-workers and customers
• Doesn’t work well with others
• Has poor time management skills

Not only are these behaviors frustrating, they’re disruptive. Theses types of work habits tend to eat into employee productivity and have a negative affect on employee morale. However, by making a few simple changes, you may help to prevent these behaviors from occurring and increase employee efficiency.

To that I have to say that “The 1 Most Frustrating Human Resource Newsletter Habit” is

• When your list of 10 things only contains 6

After looking at that list, something tells me that if the HR411 people were to spend one day in our office with us they’d have no problem coming up with the remaining 4 items.