Who and why you write negative comments about former employers

Each applicant expects to get a job in a company that is willing to offer a competitive salary, career growth, a comfortable office, friendly staff, loyal superiors, etc. Given the fact that almost half of his life we ​​spend at work, the desire to feel comfortable is a natural. Information on the potential employer really is very important. The only question is, what source be trusted? Should I believe the negative comments (as there is practically no positive!) From former employees of the company X?

The question of "who and for what reasons is inclined to write negative texts?", We asked the personnel director of the company "Complex Agromars" Olga Konovalova.

"Many applicants unconditionally trust reviews that are left" grateful "the former employees of the company. This is not always the right way to collect information about potential employers.

Human behavior, doing so with his former employer, explained banal desire to increase the feeling of self-worth. Just like people, spreading rumors, it increases its credibility by preventing other competitors on the danger of falling into the same trouble. Negative review is a translation of his own experience on the other, as a result, creates the effect of ownership. Simply put, we want to announce: "Everything that has happened to me, necessarily happen to you."

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Besides the desire to enhance the credibility, hard work over the negative feedback due to the need to shift the responsibility for their own failure in the company to "someone" or "something" that is, to the external environment. Consequently, with all those who fall into it, it will happen the same. Again, a warning and once again raise the profile.

Why responses often are negative? The reason is that it is considered more valuable because it warns of the danger. If you own pseudo important information, share it ostensibly helping others avoid the problems that your self-esteem grows.

The reason for the failure on the job, as a rule, there is a lack of the necessary knowledge, skills and low levels of responsibility for the execution of tasks. If a person can not cope, can not show the result of his work, he is always looking for the reasons for this in the external environment, such as: do not correctly assigned task, biased manager, no prerequisites, and more. It should be understood that there is no perfect companies. Therefore, we must make every effort to overcome the difficulties and complete the task.

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Speaking about the company's "complex Agromars", which faced a similar problem, I can say that in the interview, we always warn candidates about the difficulties they will face. This is an additional incentive to optimize efforts and professional opportunities.

People who tend to justify their defeat by external factors and leave negative feedback, are always visible on interviews. As a rule, in answer to the question, "What was the reason you left the last job?" The candidate gives a long and unwarranted characteristic former employer. Such experts are inclined to create intrigue and disseminate negative information. Therefore, the probability that it will take on the job is automatically reduced. If an unpleasant situation at the last place of work was the place to be, it is worth briefly summarize it, constructively, always taking into account and their mistakes.

In the case where an employer for objective reasons is not satisfied, it makes no sense to seek to blame for their failures in the environment. You need to focus on yourself, your professional skills and go safely to the goal. One who writes negative comments on the forums, it is wasting their time and effort, rather than to seek a new job and develop their professional skills.

Reading the reviews on the forums, it is worth remembering that the same situation each person evaluates differently, so this information can not be considered objective.

More reliable to gather information about potential employers will be official sources that report the company's development, status, position in the market, and so on. D. If the company is large and successful, even tens of negative reviews on the background of the state of several thousand employees are not no weight in shaping the company's image. "

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