Things you want to say to employees but can't because you're professional...

What I would like to say - Your laziness and inability to fill in a simple form is now going to cost hours of mine and payrolls time to back date deductions, pay increases and paperwork not to mention the conversations with inevitably p****d off staff because you 'forgot' to tell us someone had stepped down and you'd 'promoted' another staff member for 4 MONTHS WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU. And now you also expect me to keep a straight face when you complain that staff feedback says that the recruitment process is unfair and you cherry pick people for promotions without advertising them?!

What I do say - Ok we will sort it but please follow the process in future, it's there to protect you.

*Bonus points for managers who do this and it turns out the person they 'promoted' is a family member

This happens a lot at our place unfortunately, some managers are good and understand why we have a process and they will follow it, but others don't seem to bother and we get exactly what you describe.

This happens a lot at our place unfortunately, some managers are good and understand why we have a process and they will follow it, but others don't seem to bother and we get exactly what you describe.