What complaints have you received from your supervisor(s)?

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I work in Accounting, and have been reprimanded for being rude at work. Funny, I thought I was being professional. Sorry I don't put little happy faces at the end of my e-mails for all the older, more sensitive women in the office. Of course, this wouldn't be an issue if I was a man - I would just be considered assertive and professional...

I also don't like pointless small-talk. Are there any jobs out there where one never has to deal with other people??

Basically, I work in a kitchen at a food security organization, and I have received positive feedback from my boss', and one of my boss' has said that you have to work extremely hard to get fired. The only negative thing I have is I have issues with anxiety and I also have issues with my speed, but my consistency is great, and i'm yet to ever receive any major complaints at my work place that's all. My boss likes me because i'm honest and he said that I don't need sympathy, I don't need empathy, I just need help and I need guidance because of my anxiety. The reason I always have anxiety is because I always fear that i'm going to burn the food on the stove and/or the really big pot, and sometimes I am known to lose my temper if i'm told to go fast. And Teflon Woman, I can relate to you, I too am slow and too detail oriented, and I'm also too perfectionistic as well when it comes to doing tasks, I don't know, could it be signs of Obsessive Complusive Disorder or something? Also, to tell you the truth, I despise perfectionism with a f****n' passion and I now have a hatred for commercial kitchens simmering deep inside of me.

My supervisor has told me:

1.) I curse too casually in the office. (For instance, saying "What the f**k?" to myself when confounded with a strange problem.)
2.) My face is too readable. If I'm listening to someone and I think they're full of it, I need to hide it better.

That's about it in 2 yrs of employment.

I could write a book on all the issues, write-ups and complaints I've had at all my various employers. In fact, it is that history that helped me decide to see if there were'nt a more conclusive underlying cause (AS) than my just being hard to work with.
My current job is pretty ideal for me. My supervisor lets me come-n-go as I please, lets me work the way I am most comfortable, so long as the work gets done. This means he lets me jump back and forth between various projects as I lose interest quite quickly. Today I didn't go in at all and he was cool with it. I'm very lucky even though it's not the kind of job I ever thought I'd have.
My previous job was in Human Resources for a local hospital- the same one my partner has worked at for 16 years. I was told that I was:
"overly confident"
aloof
asked too many questions supposedly unrelated to the task at hand
took too much initiative to do the best work possible and
I often corrected the grammar and spelling of my supervisor- not on a personal basis but for e-mails and letters, things like that.
She would tell me to just do it her way and stop correcting her. When I stopped correcting here we sent out a 15,000 piece mailing with the word "believe" spelled incorrectly. Our whole department was subsequently written up for the error.
I was let go because I took the initiative to send out an e-mail to certain applicable parties about a change in staff assignments. We had been doing new assignments for over 3 weeks and I was still getting calls for the guy I replaced. I was told that I usurped her authority and cast her in a bad light. Instant termination.

All my other jobs (40+) have had similar results.

HE: "You intimidate people."

ME: "I'm trying to accomplish the goals you've assigned me. Intimidation is merely a collateral effect."

HE: "That's what I mean! You talk like a killer robot on a mission. Try to act more human!"

Office clerk:

"You need to use your common sense."

"I am very busy I can't spoonful every words."

"How long have you been working here?"
Me: (inserts how many months I have been working there)
Him: Then you should already know.

Another office clerk:

"I am not going to baby sit you." (Talking about can't tell me where a item is at in the exact spot)

Coworker:

"Read their body language." (talking about reading my employees who can't speak good English)
Me: I'm not very good at it


My old boss:

"You need to be more curious to the guests."

you're lazy
you don't try hard enough
you're slow
your pounds per hour are too low
your bills per hour are too low
you're walking too slow
come on, work faster
you have got to be more proactive

I am a freelance choreographer/director; I am constantly told that I am talented, should be doing more, and that I just need to get out there and do some "networking" so I can get the jobs I deserve. Ugh....fat chance...

Oh, what complaints I had from my supervisors. Well hold on, I'm starting.

- Arrogance: I'm too arrogant and I know, but even when tuning down my arrogance a different one shows up. I respect knowledge and experience, but not because someone just happens to have a piece of paper on the wall that I failed to get.
- Being loud: When I get enthusiastic about things I speak too loud. Or when I'm talking the volume of my voice just increases and I don't notice.
- Being present: If I'm somewhere people will notice my presence. Even if I'm not moving, not saying a thing, just doing whatever I need to be doing. I'm there. Also, nobody can hold a conversation with me in the room, because even though I am not actively listening, I will register the entire conversation. Actually that bit drives me nuts myself, and I really wish people wouldn't do that.
- Knowing it better: Since I always hear things, I can barely keep my opinions to myself. And instead of choosing a suitable office reaction, by writing a business proposal I will just make immediate suggestions. Now, the trouble there is, that even though I know the facts, gathering them in a presentable way is really a horrible task for me. Even when I know I'm right.
- Temper: I have really bad tempers, but instead of venting them, just going angry at people at my workforce, I swallow them up, and do my job. And all that angry energy is channeled into my performance. Now, you would think that was a good thing, but when I do a weeks worth of work (even for myself at a normal calm thing) that's bad because .......
- Tendency to get bored: When I'm bored, I become sloppy. And the only way to stop me from being sloppy is to give me a broad range of responsibilities. I hate having tasks, I love responsibilities. Unfortunately, because of the lack of those stupid papers on the wall (as in degrees) I can only get crappy jobs. And then I get bored, get sloppy and get fired. Rinse and repeat.

The good things:
- Stress: I just love stress. The more is demanded of me, the more my attention can shift between my different "tasks" of the moment. And for someone who also has ADD that is a wonderful thing. Because I won't get bored. And that is shown. I shine under stressful conditions.
- Goal oriented: As soon as my responsibilities demand that I interact with humans, I am actually pretty good at being concise, clear and organized in my thoughts. (But then there's a social aspect, and I just start to blather, or interrupt people, or talk loudly)
- Organized and Meticulous: When I am not bored, I am the reverse of sloppy. But that requires responsibilities. Then I am very organized and meticulous.

However I do no work well in teams. Because for me, the goal, the solution, and the process of getting there is important. And I totally miss the people in my team's feelings, which makes me an as*hole. But I get the job done.

One smart lady councilor once suggested to me the job of interim manager or corporate troubleshooter. The only problem that I have with that job is the (as it looks like) impossibility of getting a degree, because my interests wander away too much.

The only complaint I've really gotten was when I was working at a place that makes most of the costumes and heads for Disney. The manager called me into the office and told me that I needed to work on being more punctual (I was showing up about 5 minutes late). But then, he told me that I was doing great work, which was actually impressing the b**chy old seamstresses (who never complemented anyone), and told me to keep it up.

Aside from that, I was given an interesting comment when I was working as a lifeguard at a pool. One day the senior lifeguard told me that he was able to "read" everyone there except for me. He said that he could never decipher my mood or what I was thinking.

most often the complaints were along the lines of:
" you need to stop spending so much time making everything perfect and just get the job done faster." - construction jobs mainly


I'm now in a field where that is an asset.

double post.
Sorry!

Most common one:
"You are taking too long."
"I wanted you to do this, NOT that." Which is funny, cos I take directions pretty seriously...
"Stop texting" <--Extremely irresponsible, however, I get bored and am still productive...

Whatever Spanish nonsense is muttered behind my back...

From my dad, who is manager of where I work, and who I talk to about work-I'm arrogant. This is at home, when we discuss, not at work. Nobody tells me anything about arrogance, and I happen to think I'm pretty darn humble, although I do question things at times... This is probably the thing that bugs people the most is the fact that I don't simply do something. If it doesn't make sense, I question it. I feel like a fool half the time because it is often showed to me in an obvious way why something is being done... I guess I am arrogant, if I wasn't I'd just do whatever I was told, and accept that I'm probably not entirely knowledgeable about any given situation.