Here
are those few common reasons good employees quit, according to company leaders
and HR professionals who have seen it from both perspectives:
1. Lack of trust and autonomy
Leaders
who struggle with trusting their employees end up creating restrictive work
environments that leave employees feeling stressed, anxious and unable to do
their best work. Good employees don’t want to work in a job where they’re not
trusted by leadership. If you want to attract and keep great employees, it all
begins with you. Your job as the leader is to trust and guide your team, to
support them in their roles and let them shine. When you learn to let go and
trust your team, they will deliver at levels you never even imagined. You’ll
not only attract, but keep, better employees who are motivated, enthusiastic
and produce great results.
2. Not being appreciated or
recognized
From
my 10+ year of experience in the world of staffing and recruiting, the primary
reason that I have seen for someone leaving a company is not being appreciated.
This lack of appreciation can come in many forms including being underpaid, not
receiving positive feedback for a job well done, broken promises, especially
those around end-of-year bonuses, valid complaints that are shrugged off and
reasonable change suggestions that go ignored. When leadership makes these
mistakes, the environment in an otherwise healthy company can start to feel
toxic and encourage a mass exodus of high-quality employees that are difficult
to replace.
Companies
lose good employees primarily because they do not recognize their talent in
time. The employer should be aware that he is dealing with a skilled person and
motivate him to engage in the development of the company. Talent management is
about identifying and supporting the development of the most talented employees
to implement the company’s plans.. The lack of talent management in companies
means that the most talented employees usually leave their companies.
3. Lack of respect
Good
employees quit/leave for a variety of reasons, but in my experience it stems
from one main source…respect. If an employee isn’t receiving the respect they
know they’ve earned and deserve then you will be hard pressed to get them to
stay.
Respect
could mean how they’re treated by managers and coworkers, or the types of
assignments and projects they receive to work on. When people say they left a
job because they weren’t paid enough, it normally means the company didn’t
respect their work and abilities enough to compensate them appropriately. Remember:
People don’t leave good jobs without a reason, and the reason is often based on
a lack of respect from someone within the company and how that lack of respect
is handled.
4. Little to no opportunity for
growth and development, no advancement opportunities
One
of the top things most applicants are looking for is future growth or
promotional abilities at a new company. If you are part of a large
organization, you can probably speak to the promotions past incumbents of the
position have received.Good
employees always want to continue moving up, forward, earning more, learning
more, etc.
5. Feeling underutilized
Most
great employees often leave a company because they frequently feel as though
they are being underutilized and not challenged enough within the workplace.
Companies would only hope to hire on self-motivating employees to carry out the
work that needs to be done. But sometimes managers aren’t giving their
employees the support they need.
6. Bad manager
High-performing
employees often leave a company due to frustration with their direct
supervisor. Maybe this frustration is rooted in disagreements over work
philosophy, lack of resources, lack of professional development or lack of
opportunity to move up or on within the organization. This is why it’s so
important for team leaders to recognize what motivates each of their team
members as individuals, and adapt their management style according to ensure
each person on the team is staying engaged and will be provided with sufficient
challenges and opportunity to keep them on the team for the longer haul.
7. Poor management &
communication
If
the team lead or a manager is not able to motivate an employee, point him in
the right direction or provide proper and relevant feedback, he will feel lost
after a while.
A
good employee leaving an organization is also a failure of communication. An
astute manager should be able to read the employee and get an early warning
that something is not right. Employees who are not happy will bring issues to the
attention of their manager, but if there is no interest or follow-through after
a while they will shut down. This is the time when they start to seek new
opportunities in order to escape an untenable situation.
8. Feeling over-stressed or
over-worked
One
of the great ironies of the American workplace is that the highest performing
employees are often burdened with the most unreasonable volume of work to
perform. This leads to a stress level that isn’t controllable, and these high
performers naturally look for better fits elsewhere in time.
9. Lack of support
Good
employees typically want to operate in a high-performing environment. When they
feel coworkers are dragging them down, or that management is not supporting
them or helping pull them up through the organization.
10. Uninspiring or unhealthy work
environment or company culture
Several
of my employees have said they have left previous jobs because they needed a
more positive working environment. A negative atmosphere in the workplace is a
common reason for many good employees to leave a business. No matter how many
perks or rewards a business may offer, they won’t count for much if, when the
employee is in the office, there is a toxic environment.
11. Seeing good employees leave
A
seldom considered reason why good employees leave is…other good employees
leaving. There’s a saying that employees join companies and leave managers.
It’s true, but the reverse is also correct. When you watch the long term
movements of top notch employees you’ll begin to notice a pattern. They often
leave in waves.
#rahulinvision
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