Employers hunger for attitude, efficiency, punctuality
Posted by Sean Rehder (Permalink) | 0 Comments | | Wednesday, September 06, 2006


By Dawn Anfuso

"HR professionals polled recently said that employees complain, waste too much time, and abuse attendance policies too often.

Survey respondents said they wish employees in their company would stop doing the following:
  1. Complaining/having a poor attitude (19.5 percent of respondents)
  2. Wasting time (10 percent)
  3. Abusing attendance policy (9 percent)
  4. Looking for other jobs/leaving (8 percent)
  5. Being complacent or having no enthusiasm for the job (6 percent)
Other responses included:
  1. Blaming others/having no accountability
  2. Gossiping
  3. Having a sense of entitlement
  4. Lying
  5. Abusing e-mail.
Along with the above daily issues, HR professionals said they are challenged with keeping good employees and finding talent to replace those who retire or leave their organization.
"As many baby boomers prepare for retirement, retention and succession planning has become a critical issue for thousands of organizations," said Steve Harvey, managing partner."

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