Increasingly, in a competitive world, many organizations are becoming the worst places to work for employees and the worst places to apply for candidates. The below sheds some light on questionable employer practices.
- Employers that stress diversity, equity, and inclusion but have very little reflecting that in their management team or recruitment practices
- Employers that hide behind the facade of cultural fit to discriminate on candidates and employees
- Employers that want people from top schools but have very low compensation packages
- Employers that want everything but don't want to offer anything in return
- Employers that expect their employees to lie and cheat to customers
- Employers that have disgruntled customers and bad customer service practices
- Employers that have cheap and terrible products to sell to customers or can't be bothered to understand the frustrations of the customer, identify the gaps in market, and take the necessary steps to improve their business model
- Employers that have terrible work life balance for employees
- Employers that treat their employees like disposable goods
- Employers that care more about where you went to school rather than what you did with your degree
- Employers that are pretentious and procrastinate with employees
- Employers that can't be bothered about candidates during the hiring process and display unprofessional practices
- Employers that have terrible record of dealing with abuse, harassment and discrimination in the workplace
- Employers that are unethical and lack the sense of social responsibility
- Employers during tough times will always look to job cuts as a point of cutting costs rather than reducing red tape between managers
- Employers that have poor incentives for training and career growth
- Employers that don't appreciate good employees and overcompensate bad employees
- Employers that have high turnover as a result of bad recruitment and cultural practices
- Employers that don't realize that it is a two way street between them and customers, employees, and candidates
- Employers that don't realize their brand value can drop in a second through bad social media reviews
- Employers that don't value customers, employees, and candidates will lose business in long run
- Employers that don't make themselves accessible to the public
- Employers that are out of touch with reality and the internal issues in the organization
- Employers that don't listen to customers, employees, and candidate feedback and put it into action to improve both the product, service, and the workplace
- Employers that display a total lack of empathy towards customers, employees, or candidates
- Employers that don't take the time to quality check their products before selling to customers
- Employers that don't care about the privacy rights of customers, employees, and candidates nor take the necessary steps of care to protect their personal data
- Employers that don't have an effective health and safety induction process
- Employers that are disorganized, badly managed, and hire clueless individuals
- Employers that have core values that includes teamwork, valuing people, and integrity while not practicing any of it in the workplace, especially if valuing people involves making them redundant at the drop of a hat or not valuing customer service
- Employers that mostly have bad reviews from their customers, candidates, and employees
- Employers that have biased and discriminatory processes for employee performance reviews for bonuses, increments and promotions
- Employers that don't provide support for maternity and paternity leave
- Employers that have dodgy benefits packages
- Employers that expect employees to work during holiday leave
- Employers that provide bonuses to their mgmt for mass layoffs
- Employers that pay huge pay packages to mgmt but are stingy when it comes to paying their employees
- Employers that don't have sustainability in their business model nor take initiatives to protect the environment
- Employers that don't provide days off for volunteering to employees
