job pet hates

d1975

What is yours?

I've a few but one of them is when I pop into the kitchen there is dishes all over the sink, spones, knifes and forks left on counter (dirty ones) no one knows how to put them in a dishwasher further more they don't even put tea bags in the bin they would leave them in the sink milk cartons left outside the fridge and when a milk carton is put in the fridge it's an empty one?

DublinWriter

Managers who can't.

AARRRGH

Incompetent/lazy employees not being disciplined or even spoken to. I don't believe employers should continue to hire people who can't or won't do their job properly.

mikemac

Attention seekers

Stand up and announce they are are going to a meeting. So what?
Shout down the phone when talking normally would just do. Pure attention seeking, trying to get everyone to notice them

Then spend the day moaning over traffic, weather, their boyfriend, the lousy sandwich they bought and whatever else.

I come to work in great moods.
Then the people around me are so full of bad news and complaints, I usually feel depressed by the end of the day

Eoin

People walking around without their shoes on. We're not at the beach. Unless of course you work at the beach, in which case you don't have much to complain about.

Wishbone Ash

Having to manage people that:-

(a) I didn't hire.

(b) I can't fire.

daigo75

DublinWriter wrote: »

Managers who can't.

+1

MysticalRain

Loud people on phones.

AARRRGH

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

(b) I can't fire.

Previous manager was incompetent/lazy/cowardly so gave everyone glowing reviews?

CorkFenian

People who repeat obvious statements during work meetings...Really ticks me off....Its a killer really...

Sleipnir

Management speak; I just ****ing hate it so much.

Keano

Conference calls - nothing ever gets done just a whole load of people wanting to hear their own voices.

tribulus

The term "top level" .

*shudders*

unseen

The term:
"Keep me in the loop"

Do i have to inform the whole department every time i am dealing with sth?
LEAVE ME ALONE TO DO MY JOB!

Sleipnir

The terms "Assistant Vice President" for Assistant Manager and "Vice President" for Manager.
Yet there is no President.

Lothaar

People who are more interested in talking themselves up than getting the job done.

dudara

Meetings - I loathe meetings. I especially loathe meetings about meetings.

Only have meetings when necessary - they're a waste of space 90% of the time.

DublinWriter

dudara wrote: »

Only have meetings when necessary - they're a waste of space 90% of the time.

An ex-client of mine used to insist that all meetings be held standing up.

Meetings were concluded in record time, strangely enough.

I think most people working in middle-management, especially I.T., are living proof of the Peter Principal and that meetings are the one thing they can actually do 'well' to some degree.

AARRRGH

Lothaar wrote: »

People who are more interested in talking themselves up than getting the job done.

Yeah, spoofers do my head in, especially when management fall for the spoof.

death1234567

Powerpoint.

Mena

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Having to manage people that:-

(a) I didn't hire.

(b) I can't fire.

I couldn't quote this one enough times. I walked out of a damn good position partly due to this. Totally intolerable :mad:

galah

Meetings.

Phone conferences where people are too dumb to mute their phone if they're not speaking (and discusss their private lives with their colleagues while obviously not paying attention. To the amusement of 50 other people in the same conference)

People who always put their empty cups on the near side of the tray so that noone else can put their cups on without having to push the whole lot back (why oh why is it so difficult?)

Most e-mails to distribution lists (those mails to 'all employees ireland' about lights left on a car in the car park of one location. But 3/4 of the employees are somewhere completely different.)

The term 'going forward'.

Most mails from HR and facilities management.
Anything that's written in colour and 'creative' font (i.e. not Arial black) (again, mostly from HR).

Spreadsheets for spreadsheet's sake.

People who don't think before they speak.
People who can't follow simple instructions.

The list goes on...

artful_codger

fatties.

Wishbone Ash

galah wrote: »

Most e-mails to distribution lists (those mails to 'all employees ireland' about lights left on a car in the car park of one location. But 3/4 of the employees are somewhere completely different

I feel your pain. I work for the HSE. We regularly get emails relating to aspects of one carpark in Dublin (where the emails originate) and sent to all lists even though 99.99% of employees of the HSE do not utilise this car park! WTF!

Elessar

When I used to work in an office:

The phrase "singing from the same hymn sheet".

Jesus if I ever heard that f*cking phrase again that person is getting a smack.

unichick

Elessar wrote: »

When I used to work in an office:

The phrase "singing from the same hymn sheet".

Jesus if I ever heard that f*cking phrase again that person is getting a smack.

I've used that phrase today! But it's the first time I've ever said it! It was making a point about someone! Forgive me!

Arse lickers wreck my head and lazy people who pass the book.