Disgruntled employees
- Overall review score, percent
- 76
- Competency score, percent of scale
- 76
- Ratings to fill in
- 9
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Disgruntled employees are people with grievances that have not been heard, and when there are several of them the grievance is usually the same one: a manager, a schedule, a pay decision, a promise not kept. The employer hears each separately and writes it down, finds the common cause, fixes what is fair in writing, explains what is not, and agrees what changes with a date. The review template on this site records what was agreed with each, free and without an account; HeadcountDesk Pro keeps the notes and shows where the grievances cluster.
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Hear each one separately
Privately, in their words, dated, with no conclusion in the first meeting. Three separate notes are worth more than one group meeting.
Find the common cause
Read the notes together: the same manager, the same shift, the same pay decision. Pro shows the notes and the turnover by team, which is where the cluster is visible.
Fix, explain, agree
What is fair is fixed in writing; what is not is explained with the handbook section; what changes is agreed with each person and a date. The free review template on this site records it.
Keep conduct separate
Where unhappiness has become conduct that breaches the handbook, the discipline procedure runs on its own track, documented. The free employee handbook template on this site has both sections. From the vendors' own pricing pages: Homebase lists Essentials at $24 per location per month billed annually or $30 monthly, with a free Basic plan for one location of up to ten employees; BambooHR lists Core at $10 and Pro at $17 per employee per month; Deputy lists Core at $6.50 per user per month. HeadcountDesk Pro is $24 a month per location.
Disgruntled employees: common questions
Should I meet disgruntled employees as a group?
Hear each separately first; a group meeting before the facts are known becomes a negotiation.
What is usually the cause?
One thing several people share: a manager, a schedule, a pay decision or a promise. The notes show it.
Is the review template free?
Yes, with no account. Pro keeps the notes.
Will it do what you need for Disgruntled employees?
Tell us what your business needs and we will tell you straight whether HeadcountDesk Pro does it today, whether it is coming, or whether you are better off with something else. A person reads these and replies.