Why do management / leaders always neglect the request from hardworking and deserving talent?

Why do management / leaders always neglect the request from hardworking and deserving talent ? 

#CorporateTales

 

Many will agree to my observations and many will provide their justification to these scenarios, however these are just my observations and thoughts from last 16 years in this industry that I have spent in various organizations and worked with various clients.  But you must see the Happy Ending  from the employee's perspective at the end after the rigorous follow ups.

 

3 different employees, 3 different scenarios, 3 different requests but outcome and ending is the same.  

Question is why do leaders / management always neglect the request from the hardworking and deserving employee/talent at the start but always tries to meet them as part of retention policy when employee has already taken an extreme steps to move forward.

 

Scenario 1 - Employee 1

Year 1 - No Increment

Year 2 - No Increment 

Year 3 - Very Less Increment 

Employee to HR and Manager : My package is very less, I am finding it difficult to handle the expenses,  could you please consider doing some market correction, I am happy to continue the organization.

HR to Employee: Your current Compensation is as per market standards. We cannot consider your request at this moment.

 

Scenario 2 – Employee 2

Employee to Manager – I am an expert of XYZ niche technologies and I would like to continue working on projects having these niche technologies. But currently I am being pushed into projects which are not aligned with my niche skills.

Manager to Employee: Currently you have to work on these project, we do not have any other options.

 

Scenario 3 - Employee 3

Year 1 - No Promotion
Year 2 – No Promotion

Employee to HR and Manager: I have been looking forward for getting a promotion from last 2 years, in spite of having good ratings and feedback I am not getting it. I would be Happy to continue with the current organization for stability, if I get the deserving promotion.

HR and Manager to Employee:  We understand your hard work and dedication however currently we do not have scope for promotion. We will definitely look into this in next promotion cycle.

 

After few months of above discussions, The end of the conversation is same.

Employee – Boss, please accept my Resignation.
Manager - oh! What Happened?
Employee - Got a better opportunity, salary or designation in my next engagement.
Manager  - How much more?
Employee - 45% OR Next Role OR Project in same niche skills

After few days.....
Manager - We will match it, Can you stay with us, we need you here?

Employee - Sorry Sir, it's too late. I have already made my decision after rigorously following up with you and HR for several months in the past. I would have definitely thought on this if you would have come up with this solution few months back when we first started discussing about this scenarios. I am very Happy with the next opportunity that I have it in my hand.

Moral of the story.
Leaders should listen to their team's requirements and take good care of the deserving talent before it's too late.

Deserving employees always give enough time to the organization to take appropriate steps before taking a leap.
Employees also need to value themselves by accepting the offer/ company who values them rather than negotiating with current firm for more money

#leadership #opportunity #success