Employee Expectations Quotes

The notion that employees and companies have a social contract with each other that goes beyond a paycheck has largely vanished in United States business.

People always get confused. They talk about coaches. The reality is, these coaches and managers that everybody thinks are in so much control, they work for us. They're our employees.

When hard-working Brits hand over a chunk of their pay cheque every month so they can look forward to a decent retirement, they are expecting bosses to look after it. That's something you should be able to take for granted.

I was once an employee myself, so I know what employees want.

Expect the best from your people and they will usually deliver but your expectations must be realistic.

American business long ago gave up on demanding that prospective employees be honest and hardworking. It has even stopped hoping for employees who are educated enough that they can tell the difference between the men's room and the women's room without having little pictures on the doors.

Bosses are the ones calling the shots, as they should in any organization. And if you think you're above your boss, that's not reality.

How can I ask people who work for me to travel cheaply if I am traveling in luxury?

The worst kind of businesses are ones where there are no expectations set out for employees.

We expect our employees to care about the community, the company, their teammates, customers, and themselves.

The culture or environment of a company starts from the top. The leadership. The leadership of a company sends a message to its employees of what is tolerated and what is not.

It does not matter whether the worker wants responsibility or not, ...The enterprise must demand it of him.

Wal-Mart hires average people but squeezes above average performance and results out of them.

I also think that employees these days expect less of a separation of work and personal life. That doesn't mean that work tasks should encroach upon our personal time, but it does mean that employees today expect more from the companies for whom they work. Why shouldn't your workplace reflect your values? Why is "giving back" not a part of our jobs? The answer for us is to integrate philanthropy with work.

Everybody notices if you're the last one in in the morning and the first one to go in the evening. Always remember that as an employee.

Our mission statement about treating people with respect and dignity is not just words but a creed we live by every day. You can't expect your employees to exceed the expectations of your customers if you don't exceed the employees' expectations of management.

Management of an industrial company must be giving targets to the engineers constantly; that may be the most important job management has in dealing with its engineers.

Obama is talking to voters as though he is their boss, or their principal, or their father. He is not any of those things. He is their employee. And employers don't like it when their employees yell at them - even if their employees have it right.

You have no right to be a leader if someone who works for you doesn't know where they stand.

Second, if you're the boss, just because they don't ask doesn't mean your employees don't have needs.

I've decided I don't want to be a manager. Every time you try to be responsive to your employees, they say you're being reactive and not proactive. And when you try to be proactive, they accuse you of being capricious and arbitrary. So I don't wanna be a manager.

The less important you are in an office, the more they expect the happy smile.

This isn’t a game. We don’t want mediocre employees who can keep the status quo. We want souls. We want to win. And you’ve spent most of your time here being mediocre.

I want to request Modiji that you cannot accomplish nation-building by disappointing the government employees.

A tough manager will have realistic quotas for his employees that he keeps to himself and aggressively stretch quotas, anywhere from ten percent higher to a lot more, which he imposes on his staff. If his people miss the stretch numbers but exceed the realistic goals, he's happy. If he's a superb manager, he knows how far they can stretch without breaking.