13 Reasons Why Your Employees are Frustrated and How to Deal with Them

Shane Barker
The Post-Grad Survival Guide
6 min readOct 31, 2019

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Can you say that all of your employees love your workplace?

Not very likely, right?

Trust me, you are not alone.

You may have witnessed their anger, disrespectful body language, or outright aggression at work. A study by O.C. Tanner Learning Group found that 79% of employees quit their jobs due to lack of appreciation.

This lack of employee understanding and motivation is costing businesses billions.

If you’re going to learn how to solve this problem, you have to know its origin.

So here are 13 reasons why employees get frustrated at work and don’t perform as they should.

1. They Don’t Know What Is Expected of Them

Some employees may not be aware of what work standards they should maintain and they get frustrated as a result. Maybe the managers aren’t setting any goals or providing any guidelines about their expectations. So when there is no motivation to surpass any bar, employees do not feel the need to take the initiative.

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Shane Barker
The Post-Grad Survival Guide

Shane Barker is a digital marketing consultant that specializes in sales funnels, targeted traffic and website conversions. #InfluencerMarketing Writer for INC.