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HR: Why Are More than 25% of Your Colleagues Lazy?
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Why Are More than 25% of Your Colleagues Lazy?
By Besty Taylor

BT 201802 HR 03员工出现懒散的现象,相信每一位管理者在管理当中都会遇到,懒散的员工,不仅让管理者感到头疼,与其一起共事的同事也会感到非常的失望。很多员工并不是故意懒惰,不少人其实是因为没有找到他们真正想做的事业。那种沉闷和懒惰的行为往往是因为他们无法从自己所从事的工作中获取理想的结果。另一方面,如果工作成果无法得到明确的认可或没有明确的反馈,员工往往会表现出懈怠,甚至消极态度。一些单调和重复性的工作,会使人们在工作过程中,越来越感到疲惫和无聊,导致缺乏工作动力。少数懒惰情况是对于一些聪明人的,部分聪明人懒惰,但有创意。这些人可能更加愿意沉浸在自己大脑的创新活动中,因此懒于进行其他活动。

还有一些懒惰的原因可能让人感觉不可思议——有些人因惧怕失败而导致拖延和懒惰。这些人在工作过程中缺乏自信,他们害怕看到失败,因而迟迟拖延完成工作的时间,也就是出现结果的那个时刻。

作为雇主,企业管理者必须首先找出员工拖延和懒惰行为背后的真正原因,在确定问题所在后,管理者需要对症下药,通过奖励的制度来激励自己的员工,给员工换换岗位与角色,让员工知道自己的工作非常重要,并给予认可,适当时候帮助员工提供好的工作方法。对于那些害怕面对失败的员工,要鼓励他/她,并与他/她一同克服这些困难。

Working with someone who does not pull their own weight can really get you down, for it generally means increased workload with a lot of stress.

Even if one employee is not pulling his/her own weight, it can greatly impact customer service, productivity, and, eventually sales. Lean organizations today no longer put up with anything less than 100% effort coming in from each and every worker. Your lazy colleagues might create a domino effect within the workplace that will surely impact other employees. A survey has shown that more than 25% of employees in a working place are lazy.

Therefore this matter should be resolved by the organization’s higher authorities. But to solve this first you need to know the reasons and factors that make more than 25% of your colleagues lazy.

Not Every Other Person is ‘Intrinsically’ Lazy

BT 201802 HR 07Some individuals could be lazy by nature but this does not apply to every other lazy person. Many types of research have been conducted to know the actual facts and reasons that make more than 25% of the employee lazy within an organization. One of the major reasons behind your colleagues ‘SLOTH’ behavior is because they have not found their desired job roles, or they are not doing what they have always wanted to do due to one or another reason. Similarly, they might be showing as being lazy and dull towards their work because they are unable to get the desired results from what they are doing.

Why is He Actually Not Bothered?

BT 201802 HR 02Psychology says that some people might exhibit a sluggish or lazy behavior because they have lost. They have started to think that their jobs, work roles or products are not serving the purpose of making other’s lives better. They are lacking in their part to improve people’s lives.

This could be simply explained by comparing different professions or job roles. A builder knows and can look forward to taking satisfaction that he has built many houses for people and somehow made their life better. Similarly, a doctor or dentist can take joy and pride because he has played his role in improving the health of his patients. But for an assistant deputy financial controller or any other employee who is working in a lean or large organization, he can never be certain about the results and end-products of his services and work. Therefore he might feel lazy towards his job.

Intelligent People Tend To Be Lazy

BT 201802 HR 01An interesting fact about some people being lazy is because they are more intelligent and creative. According to a new study from the University of ‘Florida Gulf Coast’, people with highest intelligence and creativity tend to be lazier than a normal person. It might be difficult for you to accept but the study shows that unlike less intelligent individuals, the brains of intelligent ones are indulged in thoughts and ideas. They are always striving for some innovative and thoughtful ideas and therefore they are lazy towards other activities.

Does Lack of Motivation Draw Laziness?

BT 201802 HR 10Recent studies that have been conducted to study the behavior of people working within an organization have shown that due to monotonous and repetitive tasks and work, many people get bored and exhausted which eventually causes lack of motivation and inspiration towards their work. This lack of motivation and inspiration to do something new, creative and different causes laziness in more than 25% of employees working in a large corporation.

Other Reasons Behind Your Colleague’s Laziness

BT 201802 HR 04There are other causes too that can lead to ‘laziness’ in your colleagues. According to some psychologists, a leading factor to drive laziness in many people’s behavior might be their ‘Fear’ & ‘Hopelessness’. But how can fear and hopelessness contribute towards laziness? The answer to this is simple. As Shakespeare says ‘Fortune knows we scorn her most when most she offers blows’.

Some people sabotage themselves by showing lazy behaviour just because they are afraid of success. These people fear any success or achievement because they are lack self-esteem and dignity. Therefore they make laziness their shield to not do anything that would make them successful among their peers. In contrast, there are some people who are afraid of any failure, because they lack confidence and self-assurance and undermine themselves. These people hide their fear of failure behind laziness and indolence.

Incapability To Address The Situation

BT 201802 HR 09Another major factor that causes laziness and in-activeness in your colleague’s behavior is their incapability to address the state or case in front of other people. These people are unable to communicate their queries, fears, obstacles, and problems regarding their job or working environment. They might find it difficult to communicate their weak points and interests towards their work and therefore they tend to show lazy behavior.

Employer’s Responsibility

Here are some suggestions for HR managers to deal with lazy employees:

• Employers must first identify the reason behind lazy behaviour of employees.
• After identifying the issue/obstacle the employer must motivate them by ‘reward’ system.
• There must be rotation of tasks and job roles for the same employees.
• It is very important to keep an eye on such lazy employees.
• The employer must give assurance and guide the employees about work methods.

Major concerns of a large lean corporation are to increase productivity and profitability and therefore it is unbearable for employers to have lazy and inactive employees who are not giving their best to increase productivity. But instead of firing these employees, employers need to resolve the issues.

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