Employee Dissafication

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Employee Dissatisfaction They main reason employee are dissatisfied is because of lack of personal growth and progress in their work environment. According to a recent job report it has indicated that nearly 50% of the U.S. workforce is unhappy with their current job (Charas, Solange). With such a high percentage of job dissatisfaction it safe to say that “unhappy employee” will look for better opportunities, or choose to become self employed. People don’t want to work for money alone the want to be motivated, feel appreciated by building great working relationships with their colleagues; workers want their managers to trust their ability to perform their duties. However, human have a tendency to progress in their career or will feel uninspired in their job. When employees are bland they will rebel by giving less, complain, and make excuses to attend work, or walk off the job. It don’t matter how much someone is making if they are miserable with their current position they will seek other position that pay less within the industry to avoid confrontation. For employees to meet their manager’s expectation their job function should be clear of what is expected from them. In order, for a company to build effective managers the have to be counter-productive by being properly trained, understand policies and guidelines affecting their staff. (A Guide for Personal Growth). Strategies U.S. Companies use to keep Union Free. According to Mello pg. 558, U.S. Companies have implemented these strategies to avoid being unionized. First the move traditionally held jobs from the U.S. to developing countries overseas to take advantage of lower labor costs. Secondly, employers change their employment relationship from being ful... ... middle of paper ... ... Works Cited Charas, Solange. Fending off Employee Dissatisfaction: How to Retain Top Talent in a Turbulent Job Market (2011) Retrieved from http://www.strategydriven.com/2010/05/19/fending-off-employee-dissatisfaction-how-to-retain-top-talent-in-a-turbulent-job-market/ A guide for Personal Growth. About employee Dissatisfaction. (2005-2011) Retrieved from http://www.about-personal-growth.com/employee-dissatisfaction.html Mello, Jeffery (2010) Chapter. In Melissa Acuna (Ed.) Strategic Human Resource Management (pp. 105-107) Mason: South-Western Cengage Learning. Skinner, Wickham., & Beckman, Heather., (2008) The Treadway Tire Company: Job Dissatisfaction and High Turnover at the Lima Tire Plant (p. 1-4, &7-12), Product # 2189- PDF-ENG retrieved from http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/2189-PDF-ENG: Harvard Business Online

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