In any organization, one should never expect or force everyone to like everyone. The strength and success of any organization is the cohesiveness and teamwork of its employees. However, there are certain employee types that we feel pose a disruptive effect to any cohesion within a company. Now, executives and managers can and will overlook all sorts of weird and quirky behavior as long as the job gets done. But certain types of employees can’t seem to stop themselves from creating more problems than they solve. For them, the dollar amount on their foreheads just isn’t worth it.

We don’t generally like stereotypes but we are going to make an exception for these 12 behavioral types that we would NEVER hire or would not be working for us long.

How many of these employee types do you work with!

1. I’m important. Takes themselves too seriously. Anytime you need something, they have to check his schedule or who-knows-what and get back to you.Or they have all sorts of questions and concerns, every little bit of minutiae they can think of just to sound important. It’s so annoying that, after a while, you just go somewhere else.
2. The persistent negator. Some people are all about why things can’t be done or shouldn’t be done a certain way. They’ve always got reasons why something is wrong but never any good suggestions on how to do it differently or better. They’re always trying to stir up trouble or a debate over nothing. Those people just suck the energy out of organizations.
3. Mr. Know-it-all. People who think they know it all are annoying to those of us who do. Old joke. But seriously, the most accomplished executives are always aware of how little they know; that asking questions is far more important than knowing answers. That just comes from experience. So when the “smartest person in the room” acts like they has all the answers and we know they don’t, they loses credibility. Not a good thing.
4. The brick wall. I don’t know why, but some people are so stubborn, so inflexible, if they don’t do things exactly a certain way — their way — you’d think the whole world is going to fall apart. It gets to the point where they’re actually intimidating to work with, so you just give up. Maybe that’s the point.
5. High maintenance, high anxiety. It’s one thing when you’re new to a job and need some handholding to get going. However, some employees stay that way. They have zero self-confidence, are full of angst, and need to be told exactly what to do and how to do it and confirm every little thing with you for fear they might actually get it wrong and be held accountable. It’s sad, but it’s also a real problem.
6. The filibusterer. It’s easy to spot these people in meetings. They’re the ones who always have to know why we have to do it this way or that way and why not the other way. They’re really just wasting everyone’s time to hear the sound of their own voice — or so they don’t have to actually do any work.
7. In everybody’s business. Everywhere I’ve ever worked there’s been an employee who’s got to be involved in everything. Outwardly, they appear helpful and eager to assist. They want to help everybody do everything. Everything except actual work, that is. After a while you realize it’s all just distraction, to feel important, or stay entertained while getting absolutely nothing done.
8. Surprise! You give them a task with plenty of time to complete it. When the task comes due, you find there is much of the work is missing or incomplete. When you confront the employee, all they have is excuses. A real mess!
9. “Trust me.” When an employee that you don’t know well enough to actually trust says “trust me” it your antennas should go up. If I trust you, you don’t have to say it. If I don’t yet, you have to earn it. Saying it just makes one think of all the reasons why they don’t or shouldn’t.
10. “The Snitch” Is there an individual that you work with who is constantly running to management complaining or snitching about fellow employees?  Beware management!  These are the employees that usually have something to hide and use the fine art of “focal misdirection” to take any attention off of themselves.
11. “The Busy-Bee Illusion” This is the employee that always appears to be in “high gear”. They always want to be noticed as running around like the proverbial chicken with their head cut off. However, they always beg the question; “What exactly has this person accomplished?
12. “It’s the principle.” Whenever someone says, “It’s the principle” at work, get nervous. When they say things, like “I don’t understand why John gets all the accolades and promotions instead of me. It wouldn’t bother me, but it’s the principle…” That’s just code for someone who feels entitled to something they apparently didn’t earn.

If you have multiple of these employee types in your organization, well……