Too often, we attach ourselves to the work that we do. Some of this is unavoidable for sure, but it almost always ends in a situation where we are just a bit too attached to what the fearless leaders of the workplace have to say and think about us. A bad performance review, a lack of attention after completing a big project, or just a closed door policy that doesn’t allow you in when most needed.
Work is public, we work with other living and breathing human beings, and we naturally seek their feedback on the work that we do. This can eventually turn into a bit of a source of frustration around the workplace when we don’t get the attention we believe we should, besides the paltry paycheck. You’re not alone at all, my friend.
Thousands of test takers were asked a little bit about themselves before diving into the strengths test. Part of this is to help center their minds around the reason they are taking the test, but also to get them to get into the deep-contemplation mode before diving into the questions. Here’s what they were asked:
Describe what you feel is the most frustrating thing about your current job.
Why Understand People’s Frustrations?
It isn’t until we begin to understand what makes our daily life harder that we begin to understand what we need to change in our life, work, or relationships. By getting a better understanding of what make life more challenging, I can begin to help folks with the problems that matter most to them.
I am seeking understanding, ideas, and focused attention on making valuable change in the world. Can you see some use from this information, too?
List of Workplace Frustrations – Part 2 of 10
- Not enough time to get things done.
- The main thing, is that I do not find this job is fulfilling my full potential. I feel that I must explore other options where if can do something that gives my a sense of accomplishment and do a more influential work.
- Just, “What am I good at….in what area would I be the best employee, given my skill set?”
- Chances of development are absolute. there’s nothing new to look forward to.
- The inability to work closely with the prime stakeholders so we can coordinate to our priorities more efficiently.
- Not being able to figure an assignment /project out.
- The hours and the people and management and my hair
- I don’t want t work now, want t get a master’s degree first. So am unable to devote sufficient time for it.
- It does not allow me to grow.
- Having so many restrictions on what I can do because of red tape and needing to stroke managers egos in order to get things done
- How can if have fun doing what if love and make money at the same time?
- Lack of organization at a Senior level
- Too much is asked of me
- The lack of motivation in others to do what is best for the team and won’t cause problems for others.
- Not knowing what direction to go next.
- Being Overworked.
- Inefficient processes
- The crowd of my college and the distance from my house to the college. I could not go to the college of my choice.
- I just do work work work and I get paid nearly nothing I work almost 10 hours a day.
- That I can’t talk to some of my colleagues and relationships for me are more important than job.
- Do not feel challenged enough.
- The most frustrating thing would be not having good communication skills to help me in my job.
- Others who step away from doing work
- Unfortunately, my current supervisor is the latter. She possesses so little confidence in herself, she constantly puts down those around her and does not allow them to flourish. She is also not above telling lies and setting up or sabotaging her co-workers all in the name of making herself come out on top.
- No where to grow
- Trying to tackle everything needing to be accomplished in a single day.
- Afraid that cannot fulfill expectations
- Lack of management ability to organize company
- Not having enough time in the day
- The fact that I can’t find a job is killing me!
- Working with mentally ill can get really discouraging and I always wonder if certain people are ever going to fully recover?
- I don’t know who if am
- Once I got to know how to do my last job it became boring.
- The lack of control I have.
- To small. world is big and amazing, so sitting in 1 place for your whole life is boring. so “to small”
- I am a business student. But I do feel a little frustration when everything I did was not according to the plan and last minute changes.
- I spend too long in my weak areas not enough in strengths.
- Teachers are non supportive, and the system lacks flexibility.
- NO Bonuses
- What is your mission to life?
- I do not get enough credits and respect.
- Personality differences
- I feel like I am not using my full potential and that my results are not really appreciated.
- What job would be best suited to me?
- Why have you decided to pursue the career you have chosen.
- Lack of upward mobility, stale rewards policies, and mundane meaningless tasks.
- Lack of professionalism displayed by the management.
- How’s your life and career give more values to other peoples?
- Being taken advantage of by co workers. Looking down on others because of job title.
- Not being appreciated when you give your best
- My laptop is not powerful enough
- They are mean to me
- Not having time to do everything that needs doing.
- Not enough hours
- My boss can be rude and unfair. Unappreciative
- People rely on someone else to make them save. They do not take responsibility for their own actions.
- I can’t use my experience in other local companies
- I don’t know what I want to do with my life
- People are stupid.
- No moving up to another position
- I would like to know if I am going in the right direction with my life and career. I can’t even remember what I was passionate about. Knowing my strengths might steer me in the right path.
- Am not passionate about the work that I do.
- The deaths of friends, extreme stress, not receiving crystal clear orders. Overall chaos it is.
- I don’t feel challenged. I am being underused and underutilized. There is no clear vision or direction and I feel lost.
- Um if don’t have job but school and its super hard and if try to get by it every day
- Lack of support and visual management.
- My Low Grades In graduation.
- Lack of communication between departments
- Being deskilled
- Internal politics..
- I don’t have a job at the moment, but if am applying for a job.
- It’s not what I want to be doing.
- I would like to know which area’s I am strongest in in order to be able to concentrate my efforts on improving my current skill set
- Frustration surfaces in an individual in accordance to their predisposition regarding the very basic ways they perceive and archetype any antagonist inhibiting their personal progress in any endeavor. This being said, a disposition that does not acknowledge the world and its people for their defects, and refrains from associating with negativity, will not even know frustration. This is simply a personal insight that looks into the way I see the world– negative emotions are natural, but it is possible for one to condition themselves mentally against such emotional gateways to weakness. I enjoy my life too much to take the time to identify frustration :)
- It is very repetitive and unspontaneous
- Staff not doing what they are hired to do.
- Am I going to have a successful career?
- Sometimes I feel that my job creates over expectations on others (my clients), like if my mission was to save the world. I am just a design manager!
These are insights into the go-getters out there. These are insights into the people that you work with, work for you, and lead you. Have you learned anything from this mega list of work-place frustrations?
Share your own comments or stories of frustration in the comments below, please.