I am literally the only employee where I work, so I had to select other.
The owner and my boss has a grasp of many of the imporant issues. He is also clueless about many things. I do my best to communicate with him, but he has a rather thick head.

I used to work in a newspaper briefly. I never knew the job was hellish, because the company's policies and rules are so misconstrued and vague. One example is; about the sick leave or sick day. Neither in my handbook nor in my training I was told that when you get a sick day, I must submit a doctor's letter or certificate in order for me to be paid on the sick day. We were entitled for" 6 paid sick days a year " and that was all that was written in our company handbook. Little did I know there was a catch there. So when I had a flu with cough and cold, I just stayed home for 2 days without seeing a doctor and self-medicate myself and just to give myself a rest in order to be recover. I didn't go to any doctor since I know that a flu only needs a little more rest and some medication. When I got my paycheck, I was so surprised they didn't pay me. I talked to HR and they said that they only pay when it's accompanied by a doctor's letter or certificate. I said to them , "does anyone need to go to a doctor for a slight flu and cough?" or "do you want your sick employee to stay and infect others with the disease and the all the rest get sick days?" All they can say, "That's our company policy." And I retorted, "Then why didn't you write it in the handbook". They didn't answer.

I have had bosses that don't understand why our generation will just up and quit. And that right there is why! I just want a raise, or better benefits. So hard?

I'm relating the above experience as an example of "miscommunication" because of a company's negligence to underline important details in their company policies, rules and regulations. And as you might assume, that company I worked for had a high employee turn-over.

That's terrible bing! I have known a few people who also had to deal with the same thing. I mean come on, if it's a policy it shouldn't be that difficult to put it in writing.

Skinny, I can see where your boss is coming from. He or she might think you need to do more to earn better pay, whereas you think you have already proven yourself. However, that doesn't make it any easier to wait for something you feel you have worked hard to earn.

bing - Yikes. Good thing you don't work for them anymore. Requiring people to have a doctor's note for every single incident is excessive. I'd leave over that alone.

I don't think the executives were entirely wrong... a good work environment is something we often take for granted. If the management at my job wasn't so mean-spirited and nasty, I probably would be willing to stick around a little bit longer with my current pay/benefits/etc.

I am the supervisor at work, and I think I comunicate clearly. Still, I think my employees can be selfish and short-sighted. They rarely see that what is good for the office is good for them.

in my old job they had ABSOLUTELY no idea what we wanted. it's like they only concerned themselves with the needs of the execs and did things to make them happier when they really needed to focus on us. i'm relatively new at my job so i don't know what the deal is here -but we'll see in a bout 6-8 months when it's time for a review etc. if they want to keep me - they need to know what my sweet spot is

I wish my boss (or ex boss) had been more attentive to other co workers but some people just have those nasty personalities.

At my last job the employer could barely be bothered with the happiness of his employees. He was ridiculously inconsistent from employee to employee about benefits & wages. None of us were happy there, so of course we all compared notes. Those who got less never stayed long, because the rest of us told them ASAP how bad their compensation was. And the rest of us only put up with working there until something marginally better came along.
At my current job, my "employers" are the citizens, who have recently been very vocal (they just passed a property tax reform amendment that will cut $70 million from my County's budget) about how government employees don't deserve good salaries and benefits. I love what I do at my job, and I excel at it, but I don't need to stay where I'm obviously not appreciated.