Has
it ever happened that you are so contended with your great hiring and just
waiting for the teams to thank you with positive feedback that you acquired a
wonderful resource, but to your surprise, you get negative feedback from the
team and the performance of that candidate is in negative numbers.
Alas!
Bad luck…But this might have happened to every one of you once in your career. You
get to regret your decisions some time later, even being cent percent sure
about the respective candidate at the time of joining.
Though,
underperformers are everywhere, but the worst case scenario is when smart
candidates start to underperform. There are many reasons that contribute in
deteriorated performance of these individuals.
Some of the major contributing
factors are listed here:
Unclear
Goals or Deliverables: Many employees struggle so hard,
but still fail to clearly understand what is expected of them. This cannot be
completely their fault as their managers may give them vague or incomplete
description of what exactly they want from these individuals.
Mistakenly
Misjudged: Famous saying, ‘don’t judge someone through the cover’, same applies here.
Sometimes, hiring managers just judge the candidate through the skills and
qualifications written on the resume. They might overlook the other skills gap
in front of the confidence shown by the candidate.
Not
the Right Fit: “Fit”
is the keyword for today’s dynamic corporate scenario. It is probably most
difficult to determine if a job candidate will be the right fit for the
organization or not. Moreover, the success (or failure) of an individual very
much depends on how he/she gels with company interests, goals and objectives.
Unhealthy
Relations with Manager: This is the number one
reason for any employee to underperform. Usually, managers fail to understand
that their approach “one size fits all”
does not work while managing different individuals. Poor rapport with the supervisor or manager
generally lowers down employee morale and will to perform.
Being
Underpaid: While many believe they don’t, but,
compensations DO matter! Every employee wishes to be fairly and
competitively paid. While an employee is in his/her learning phase, he/she may
work being less paid, but a good performer cannot work in considerably less salary
as per industry standards.
These
are the major reasons why smart Employees underperform. To have a consistently
higher performance from employees, organizations need to put some hard efforts
in these areas and try to keep the zeal and enthusiasm intact within the
employees.
