Who knew that life in the HR department could reflect the offbeat antics seen on some cable reality series? According to a survey by CareerBuilder, hiring managers and HR professionals say that workers and managers march into their offices with the strangest complaints about employees.
For example, “the employee wants to check the co-worker for ticks.” Or how about: “A male employee keeps using the ladies' room because the men's room is not as tidy.” And don’t forget the employee who makes an official complaint that “8:00 a.m. is too early to get up for work.” The online survey, conducted between May 22 and June 10, 2009, involved 2,667 hiring managers and HR professionals employed full-time in the private sector.
Other out-of-the-ordinary complaints included:
- 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 was 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 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.
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