{"id":20453,"date":"2016-03-11T05:34:28","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T13:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/in\/2016\/03\/why-do-employees-leave-their-jobs-survey-offers-answers\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T06:41:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T06:41:32","slug":"why-employees-leave-their-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/why-employees-leave-their-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Employees Leave Their Jobs? Survey Offers Answers."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Why<\/a>Why Employees Leave Their Jobs?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The more companies can learn about why employees leave them, the better off they are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turnover<\/a>, of course, is one of those management problems with a myriad of subtle costs \u2013 from lost productivity to training time to uncertainty that the new hire will work out. Total costs are often estimated from a third of annual salary to numerous multiples of salary for executive positions. And as anyone who\u2019s ever hired employees knows, the process is seldom as simple as you expect it will be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The high cost of micromanagement<\/strong> \u2013 There is a strong connection between employee job satisfaction<\/a> and \u201cfreedom to make decisions about how to do their jobs.\u201d  On the flip side of this managerial coin, however, employees \u201cwhose hands are regularly tied are 28% more likely to think about greener pastures elsewhere.\u201d  Simply put, micromanagement matters.  \u201cPeople leave managers, not companies,\u201d as the old saying goes.  When management is persistently over-involved in unproductive ways, it quickly becomes a retention issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Culture counts<\/strong>  \u2013 Beyond these direct managerial factors, the survey indicated that the broader company culture is also a substantive piece in the retention puzzle<\/a>.  While not necessarily easy to define, the overall fabric of the environment one spends large amounts of time in naturally influences one\u2019s perception of the work experience.  According to the study, \u201cemployees who give their work culture low marks are nearly 15% more likely to think about a new job than their counterparts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t

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