What people keep running into with employee performance
Complaints tagged employee performance, each raised by more than one person. One-off posts are not included.
4 recurring problems · 24 people · 7 forums we read
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- 10How do I know if I can afford to hire my first employee?Hiring a first employee requires enough cash flow and payroll reserves to maintain employment during variable work volume, but owners struggle to figure out how many months to keep in reserve. Without a clear financial buffer, bringing someone on board risks overwhelming the business, and it also raises unresolved questions about how paying staff affects taxes and business structures like sole proprietorships versus partnerships.
- 6Why do employees lack initiative and need constant hand-holding?Managers get burnt out because staff constantly ping them with basic questions and ask for help resolving simple errors instead of thinking for themselves. This forces leaders to repeatedly check in and fix work, turning management into an exhausting cycle of repeating instructions.
- 4How to deal with an unqualified employee who is impossible to fireStrict company policies and unhelpful management often prevent managers from firing unqualified employees who lack basic skills. Dealing with this leaves managers stuck spending hours creating remedial training plans while the employee shows no progress.
- 4How do you coach sales reps who always blame bad leads?Coaching reps who lack self-awareness makes it nearly impossible to fix performance issues because they attribute every lost deal to poor lead quality instead of their own execution. Compounding this challenge, managers lack visibility into live conversations, leaving them unable to point to concrete moments that prove otherwise.
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