BOSS-EMPLOYEE

Relationship protocol

The boss-employee relationship is important to the company productivity and should be built on trust and understanding.
If either the employer or the employee relationship does not hold up to their end of the bargain, then productivity suffers a downfall and teamwork cannot be established.

RELATIONSHIP BASICS

The type of employee and employer relationship that is considered appropriate varies from company to company.

Some employers opt to keep their employees at a distance while others elect to be friendly with their employees.
While neither option is entirely right or wrong, it is wise to avoid getting too close to employees, as doing so can cause the line between employer and employee to become blurred.

Respect
Generally, the employer-employee relationship should be be based on mutual respect.
An employer cannot take advantage of his position by lacking respect towards his employees.

Friendship
In order to get the best out of his employees, the employer should find a fine balance between familiarity and authority but should mainly keep his humanity towards the employees.
The degree of closeness will depend on both the employer and the employee. Many companies have policies on personal relationships within the organization.
While friendships are allowed, and even encouraged, romantic relationships are sometimes forbidden by a company.

Team Player
Both the employer and employee need to commit to the concept of teamwork while having each party’s role well-defined.
The employee: Even though the employee is an important part of the company, he can’t take advantage of his position and consider himself as indispensable.
The manager: Being a good team player is a valuable quality any employer should have. He is expected to provide the employee with the necessary resources and training to do the job.

EFFECTS OF BAD MANAGEMENT ON EMPLOYEES

Bad management practices deflate employee morale, cause stress that results in sometimes serious health issues, and cost the company more than just the cost of high turnover.

Confusion
Managers with poor communication skills confuse their workers; employees cannot read their employers' minds and will likely get the message wrong.
An unskilled manager will then blame the employee for his confusion, causing resentment and anger.
A resentful, angry employee is less likely to put all of his energy into his job, and may even look for a different job.

Efficiency and Cost
Employees working for bad bosses are less likely to take on additional tasks and won’t be energetic when doing their jobs. Therefore, they tend not to care about the quality of their job performance.
All of these behaviors are costly to the business owners.

Stress
Disgruntled and mishandled employees stop caring about how well they perform their jobs.

High Turnover
Surveys showed that work environment was more important to employees than pay level, meaning that they would leave a job with a dreadful boss for a lower-paying job with a better boss.

CRONYISM

The act of hiring friends or family members, who are not qualified for the positions they are filling, is known as cronyism.
This differs from hiring a friend who is qualified for the position because that candidate offers positive values to the company.

Cronyism can lead to a drop in productivity as the new employees do not possess the skills required to do their jobs.
It can also lead to a drop in morale as other employees find out that staff members were hired just because they were friends with the manager.

It is essential to prevent cronyism by appointing an HR committee that requires several managers or key employees’ opinion on a candidate before hiring him.