Think You Have Strange Employee Complaints? Read These!
Today’s workplace could probably use a little levity. Besides, this is a good a time as any to not take ourselves too seriously.
As Art Linkletter’s long ago and very entertaining TV series so aptly was titled: “People Are Funny.” Apparently they still are. I recently read a press release published by CareerBuilder.
According to the release, dated Aug. 12, 2009, “Employers Share Top 20 Strangest Complaints They Received from Employees in New CareerBuilder Survey;” more than 2,600 hiring managers participated in this a survey.
The following list is taken from the CareerBuilder press release and identifies some of the hiring managers’ responses. It too me less than 60 seconds to read, but they also give me unquantifiable moments of laughs. Enjoy!
- Employee is too sun-tanned.
- Employee has big hair.
- Employee eats all the good cookies.
- Employee is so polite, it’s infuriating.
- Employee suspected co-worker is a pimp.
- Employee is trying to poison me.
- Employee’s body is magnetic and keeps de-activating my magnetic access card.
- Employee is personally responsible for a federally-mandated tax increase.
- Employee was annoyed the company didn’t provide a place for naps during break
time.
- Employee only wears slippers or socks at work.
- Employee’s aura is wrong.
- Employee smells like road ramps.
- Employee breathes too loudly.
- Employee wants to check a co-worker for ticks.
- 8:00 a.m. is too early to get up for work.
- Employee wore pajamas to work.
- Employee has bells on her shoes and it’s not the holidays.
- Co-worker reminded the employee too much of Bambi.
- Employee spends too much time caring for stray cats around the building.
- A male employee keeps using the ladies’ room because the men’s room is not as tidy.
Created by: Priscilla Kohl
Last Modified On: 8/18/2009 6:41:34 AM
Think You Have Strange Employee Complaints? Read These!
Today’s workplace could probably use a little levity. Besides, this is a good a time as any to not take ourselves too seriously.
As Art Linkletter’s long ago and very entertaining TV series so aptly was titled: “People Are Funny.” Apparently they still are. I recently read a press release published by CareerBuilder.
According to the release, dated Aug. 12, 2009, “Employers Share Top 20 Strangest Complaints They Received from Employees in New CareerBuilder Survey;” more than 2,600 hiring managers participated in this a survey.
The following list is taken from the CareerBuilder press release and identifies some of the hiring managers’ responses. It too me less than 60 seconds to read, but they also give me unquantifiable moments of laughs. Enjoy!
- Employee is too sun-tanned.
- Employee has big hair.
- Employee eats all the good cookies.
- Employee is so polite, it’s infuriating.
- Employee suspected co-worker is a pimp.
- Employee is trying to poison me.
- Employee’s body is magnetic and keeps de-activating my magnetic access card.
- Employee is personally responsible for a federally-mandated tax increase.
- Employee was annoyed the company didn’t provide a place for naps during break
time.
- Employee only wears slippers or socks at work.
- Employee’s aura is wrong.
- Employee smells like road ramps.
- Employee breathes too loudly.
- Employee wants to check a co-worker for ticks.
- 8:00 a.m. is too early to get up for work.
- Employee wore pajamas to work.
- Employee has bells on her shoes and it’s not the holidays.
- Co-worker reminded the employee too much of Bambi.
- Employee spends too much time caring for stray cats around the building.
- A male employee keeps using the ladies’ room because the men’s room is not as tidy.
Want to know what ails some employees? Some employees are eating all the good cookies.
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