Comment by Syed Fazle Rahman on "What demotivates developers?"

Here are a few things that demotivate developers:

When working as a team

Always shouting at them in front of everyone, implies you have the least respect for them.
Always assigning grunt work that has no meaning.
No clarity over the current tasks.
Unnecessary team meetings -- it kills productivity and creativity which results in less motivation to work.
Not giving a break.
Asking them to work for X hours every day and keeping track of the time.
Not appreciating them when they do good work.
Not motivating them when they are low.
Always forcing them to be productive.

There's definitely more. I can only think of these right now. :)