This is what bosses find to be the worst employee behavior

This is what bosses find to be the worst employee behaviorThis is what bosses find to be the worst employee behaviorWhen it comes to workplace etiquette, there are things that people consider generally dealableand then there are others that people think are over the line (to quote John Goodmans character in The Big Lebowski.) Sometimes, coworkers and bosses encroaching on your personal and mental territory can be the thing that takes your job from enjoyable to intolerable.Customized signage company Signs.com surveyed 800 people half managers, half employees about decorum at work, focusing on behaviors they found most inappropriate.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreEmails at nightOnly 3% of non-management employees said they received zero work-related emails after working hours. All managers reported receiving at least one after-hours email every week 12% said they received 21 o r more emails after hours on a weekly basis.These nighttime emails create a chain of obligation to reply. While only 5% of employees said they received the same amount of after-work emails as managers, 81% of employees felt obligated to respond in a timely fashion to those emails.Feeling like youre always on and working for free off the clock can contribute to free-floating stress and anxiety, indeed, about a third of respondents said they felt stress over after-hours work communication.Bad employee etiquetteBosses seemed to resent employees when they felt they were being taken advantage of, or breaking etiquette by abusing unspoken rules or abusing company time (i.e., lateness).90% of bosses found chronic lateness unacceptable83% getting romantic making unwanted advances towards anyone at work80% spending too much time on social media77% making too many personal calls76% telling inappropriate jokesBadder bossesThe top complaints from employees against their bosses breaches of work etiquette all had to do with abuse of power.Playing favorites was hated by 82% of men and a whopping 92% of women.Informal threats to fire employees were found unacceptable by 82% of men and 84% of women.Making romantic advances towards employees was deemed unacceptable by 81% of men and 82% of womenUsing the company expense accounts for personal use was resented by 79% of men and 85% of womenTaking credit for other employees work was found unacceptable by 77% of men and 85% of women.Then there are the little things that can turn into big irritants in the enclosed space of an office.Using a speakerphone in an open/shared office was found unacceptable by 65% of men and 75% of womenGossiping was found unacceptable by 66% of men and 70% of womenUsing ALL CAPS was found unacceptable by 62% of men and 69% of womenNot silencing cellphones was found unacceptable by 52% of men and 60% of womenThe takeaway? Its been said before managers and employees have different ideas about whats a breach of etiquette. Employees, dont be late, stay off social media, and be free to subtly fight back against stress youre probably not obligated to answer those after-hours emails.You might also enjoyNew neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happyStrangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds10 lessons from Benjamin Franklins daily schedule that will double your productivityThe worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs10 habits of mentally strong people