Current Events > Omg employees who need to be told specifically what to do are the worst

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Thats on having bad teachers that hand held every lab

Might be your poor communication skills

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Specific instructions are always better than a vague "just do x"

Unless you mean they need steo by step instructions

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R1masher posted...

Might be your poor communication skills

Im not the boss, but I take initiative and do things

*Boss gives no indication of doing xyz*

Boss: Why the fuck didn't you do xyz? It's common fucking sense.

Maybe just be clear motherfucker.

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CruelBuffalo posted...

Im not the boss, but I take initiative and do things

That's only worth doing if there is a possibility of a raise/promotion/ladder climbing.

U can do extra work for nothing but I aint doin that

Are we talking people who don't understand instructions, people who are afraid to act without specific approval for fear of being reprimanded, or people who intentionally do as little as possible and will take any lack of clarity as an excuse to do nothing and then claim instructions were unclear?

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people who are afraid to act without specific approval for fear of being reprimanded

this one. But we work in a super accepting and friendly environment. She is so fixated on rules and order though that she wont do things unless specifically told to do that task

R1masher posted...

Might be your poor communication skills

Let's not throw TC under the bus before we know the details.

I've been a foreman a long time and I already get a feel for what he's getting at. You get it worst from temps. For your average person, you can tell them "So and so is here in a pickup, would you go and offload him? Just stack the ply in the yard, somewhere out of the way" and he'll stack them neat, usually against a fence so they're not blocking heavy equipment.

Then you put Johnny Temp on it, same instructions, and he's got years of experience and this clown will just make a pile right next to the damned truck, in the middle of the yard. You can't fix a guy like that. If you don't stand there and watch or help him do it the right way, it just won't be. You come back to a huge mess and Johnny Temp is standing around with his finger up his nose acting like he thought he was doing the right thing. He's either a giant idiot or he's a lazy idiot and either way, that's a raw deal. His ass has just got to go.

I've booted more temps in one year than I have regulars in 20.

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When I communicate with some colleagues telling them I need something done, I detail everything out exactly, line by line. Some people think its rude but some people like the clear direction.

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archedsoul posted...

*Boss gives no indication of doing xyz*

Boss: Why the fuck didn't you do xyz? It's common fucking sense.

Maybe just be clear motherfucker.

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gets repeatedly micromanaged and reprimanded
manager gets mad when employee stops taking initiative
???

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EnragedSlith posted...

gets repeatedly micromanaged and reprimanded
manager gets mad when employee stops taking initiative
???

thats a separate issue and is also bad. We dont work in that type of place.

Can you give examples

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CruelBuffalo posted...

thats a separate issue and is also bad. We dont work in that type of place.

Fair, but at the same time, if their prior boss was a shitty micromanager, it almost becomes survival instinct it's hard to unlearn.

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I've taken the initiative to post on CE while at work. COME AT ME BRO!

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-Kush- posted...

I've taken the initiative to post on CE while at work. COME AT ME BRO!

There are two kinds of manager. The ones that waste half their day trying to make sure everyone is constantly "staying busy", and the ones that don't mind if the employees fuck off a little as long as work is getting done.

The first kind is a damned fool.

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dolomedes posted...

this kind of attitude makes jobs fucking shitty

Most employers will boot your ass the second they can if it's in their best interest.

Fuck losers that do extra work for free. Makes employers expect people to do that.