Job Performance Problems
Symptoms of Job Performance Problems
High Accident Rate
- Accidents on the job
- Accidents off the job, but affecting the job
- Falling, stumbling
Difficulty in Concentration
- Work requires great effort
- Jobs take more time
Confusion
- Memory lapse
- Increasing difficulty handling complex assignments
Generally Lowered Job Efficiency
- Misses deadlines
- Makes mistakes due to inattention or poor judgment
- Makes bad decisions
- Inappropriate excuses for poor job performance
Irregular Work Patterns
- Alternate periods of very high and low productivity
Employee Relations on the Job
- Overreactions to real or imagined criticisms
- Wide swings in morale
- Borrowing money from co-workers
- Complaints from co-workers and clients
- Unreasonable resentments
Apperance
- Slovenly or careless dress
- Glazed, bleary or dilated eyes
- Hand tremors
Health Problems
- Increased nervousness
- Gastric upsets
- Frequent use of pills
Behavior Changes
- Uses inordinate amount of breath purifiers
- Brings thermos bottle to work
- Locks desk and/or door to office
- Uncontrollable laughter
Absenteeism
The following are some general patterns:
- Unauthorized absence
- Excessive sick leave
- Repeated absences spread out through the week.
- Repeated absences two to four days.
- Frequent partial absenteeism – an hour or two to half day for diverse reasons
- Repeated absences for one or two weeks (five to ten days)
- Leaving work early
- Peculiar and increasingly inappropriate excuses for absences
- Higher absenteeism rate than other employees for colds, flu, etc.