The Pain Point

The Pain Point Quiz

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Does the employee use organizational values (like "collaboration") to justify missing a deadline or visiting other units for unproductive chats?

Does the employee provide vague progress updates or evasive admin-speak when questioned?

Does the employee bypass the chain of command to communicate with Senior Management over points that they have raised with you already?

Does the employee treat basic workplace expectations as a personal or unreasonable demand?

Does the employee repeat the same self-destructive behaviours despite clear feedback?

Do you spend over an hour a day in "Detective Mode" verifying the employee's output?

Are you assigning the employee "ghost work" just to keep them quiet and occupied?

Are you self-censoring feedback because you fear the employee will file a grievance?

Do you find yourself venting about the employee at home or losing sleep over them?

Have you stopped managing the employee because the legal drama feels too exhausting?

Is there a palpable "Atmospheric Drag" in the office when the employee is present?

Is the team noticeably more productive and peaceful when the employee is on leave?

Does the employee pull high performers into unproductive chats that kill momentum?

Are you intentionally shielding your best projects from the employee to prevent them from having input?

Are your best staff starting to resent the workload they carry due to the employee?

Does the formal HR process feel like "Procedural Theatre" with no real resolution?

Are you avoiding an honest conversation with the employee to prevent a formal Union/WRC escalation?

Is the fear of a grievance being used as a shield to stop you from managing?

Would the employee's specific behaviour embarrass your firm at a public hearing?

If you had the power, would you have resolved this problem months ago?