Poor management can be anything from managers who do not give good direction to those that fail to supervise their employes or even managers who “micro-manage” and not allow their employees to do tasks on their own. Poor management affects many workers and can be detrimental to them and an organization as a whole. It is important to be balanced and fair when managing and try and give good feedback both positive and negative when due. A poor manager is a manager that fails to engage with their employees.
Poor management is a difficult thing to deal with when working and can really bring down your morale. If dealing with a poor manager it is important to seek feedback, follow directions and document your interactions with that manager. One must manage this person’s expectations and try to always ascertain what this person wants. It is important to ask questions as often as possible.
I’ve always tried to deal with poor managers by asking questions and keeping track of their desires and instructions. I actively seek feedback and make notes of the feedback I receive. I note their instructions and feedback and refer back to it if a change is made. I try to give these managers accurate assessments of a project and their requirements. I will discuss their expectations with them and will try to manage those as best I can.
This RichardStep Marketing survey was designed to get a better understanding of what really gets under the skin of those folks out there dealing with poor management. Read over the awesome answers below and see how you can tailor your business to address the frustrations of the people most relevant to your business niche market. Want more? Read the 125 other topics in the ‘Frustrations’ survey category by clicking here.
The following list are uncut and raw responses of the things this group found most frustrating in their daily lives.
Poor Management
- Management is not behaving in professional way. They are not ready to take suggestions to make it in better way.
- Time Management between work tasks as well as family and resting.
- Time management. Having not enough time to acomplish a lot of things in a day.
- Time management. This is particularly frustrating because multiple entities demand time, and putting one first pushes others behind.
- Time management because, i have tons of stuff to do but not enough time to get those things done.
- Time management is stressful for me. I feel like I am constantly juggling work, parenting, time with my spouse and household responsibilities.
- Time management at home. I have a limited amount of time and too much to do. I do not have help within my home.
- Time management. I typically like to do things last minute because I don’t like portioning out things, I just want to get it done at one point. Therefore I do it last minute.
- A bad management that don’t understand my analytical standpoint. I hate people to be paid more, but understand less…
- Micro management by supervisor and always asking questions to answer’s that can be found in database if he were to look for them instead of asking me all the time.
- Crisis Management – this is frustrating because it relates directly to how people work, how efficient they are and how clear and relevant are the policies and processes for people to work efficiently.
- Tell my management that I won’t be able to continue working through school. I enjoy working with my team and leaving them will be hard along with an affect on my income.
- Talking to management about certain situations, and how they could be resolved and they just blow them off like it’s nothing; which in return, we get no results to make the program as successful as it should be.
- I feel like management is most frustrating about my current job.
- The project management is not good. It is not my passion.
- My Business management assignment. This is frustrating due to the face that it requires a lot of my time and effort that could be focused into other fun, exciting things.
- Trying to get management to set a clear direction and purpose for our team.
- No structure, management is horrendous and has a definite agenda. My job is completely meaningless and unfulfilling.
- Feeling that the management in incompetent and all my hard work will go nowhere
- I feel that time management may be the most frustrating thing. There isn’t enough time to get it all done.
- Not enough money, management ignorance, there is no chance to be promoted
- Lack of support from management. Low pay. No upward mobility. Poor hours.
- Had to take an anger management course when I was younger. I ended up missing out on gym, math, english, French and my breaks with friends. I felt isolated and trapped. It was like being tortured.
- I am frustrated by the management that has disrupted our business, because it is focused on its way only without trying to understand our way, which has made us the best technology in the area of our business.
- How good/bad is my time management skills? My personality and hateful characters in others’ eyes.
- I’m in grad school. Time management has always been a struggle for me.
- Not having the best time management skills to feel like I can get everything done. Try to be a perfectionist.
- Write a paper about stress management, because I didn’t see the point about writing a paper about stress management. I felt like I was wasting my time.
- Abuse of power and incompetence of management, colleagues low in morale.
- I am frustrated at times with micro management. Tell me what the kids need to learn and give me a chance to get them where they need to be. I can be creative and reach them where others may have failed.
- Lack of communication at work. Upper management is changing policies and implementing new strategies without consulting those of us whom it will affect.
- Although I feel that I am good at time management, there is more work than I have time to do. This is frustrating because even though I am able to prioritize I rarely get a breather.
- I had to do several things given by senior management which I personally not agreed with.
- The lack of clear and concise communication between management and employees.
- Being told to do the same task over and over because management have no clue on correct process and procedure. No proper direction . its frustrating
- Completing my Essential Skills portfolio for my ILM 3 Management Qualification – very basic and don’t see the value in it
- Working in a group with someone who does not have time management like I do.
- Having to put a smile on my face and play the ethical card with management when I am aware that executives are carelessly spending and knowing that my opinion has no place.
- Sort out the dynamics of my internship, realizing it is in the poor management that nothing gets accomplished.
- Monotony and lack of creativity in a job environment as well as poor management and lack of opportunities to grow.
- Many interviews and school projects needed to be handled. and my time management is bad, and also health is always a problem to worry.
- Trying to keep things in order at work meaning trying to do a good job and management always makes light of it at home wanting kids to do better in choirs need to have money to maintain bills is frustrating
- Trying to enforce efficient processes at work to get work done quicker. Head management wont allow change in the work place
- Not much really. The past few days have just been busy, and they each take time management. However, that I something that I am good at.
- Being asked to complete a task before all of the rules have been decided by upper management. Meanwhile, I am left to juggle the customer’s expectations.
- I work in retail and put in stressful and odd hours so the store can be open for customers. In the middle management team I am one of three doing 80% of the work. I am not recognized, thanked or even told thank you.
- Running a colorguard competition with little knowledge of the event and coordination from the director. This was management on the fly but all was accomplished and the event was a success.
- At work I have to work with someone who does absolutely no work and gets paid a lot more than I do. It’s frustrating because management doesn’t seem to care and it makes me and my coworkers angry and not valued as employees.
- Trying to manage different assignments and projects for three classes at the same time. It is frustrating because sometimes time management doesn’t work as planned, therefore sometime I tend to fall behind schedule
- Going to work without knowing if I’ll keep my position beyond that shift. The deciding factor is out of my control and, although the management team is supportive it remains a wait and see situation. I do not like having zero influence on the outcome.
- Dealing with the receptionist at work, she is a bitter, annoying, unbearable women, about 75 years old, shouldn’t be in the office AT ALL, and she has a horrible anger management problem, she has been reported for harassment many times, not sure why she’s not fired already
- Re-arranging yet another schedule that was agreed to by superiors. This was frustrating due to personnel conflicts that are well known and can not be overcome by current management.
- The most frustrating thing I had to do at work was travel halfway across the globe to attend an exhibition and get stuck sharing a room with a colleague, long ass hours with no gratitude from management and having to practically pay my way for being there.
- Tried to decide what to do next in my career path. It is frustrating because i have a broad array of skills but haven’t developed one of two that make me instantly marketable for one particular management level job.
- There is no transparency. Decisions are not made on merit. There is always hidden agenda’s. You are not praised for your efforts – don’t reap the rewards . Staff does not have the guts to stand up to management.
- In the pass few weeks I have had to complete work order that my coworkers have left on done, while trying to keep up with my own work and several emergency that have come about, and frustration come when management is asking for more work to be completed.