Top Stories | New Equipment Digest: When trying to understand what motivates good workers to jump ship, there's an "extremely dramatic disconnect" between reality and what managers believe, according to author and management consultant Leigh Branham.
Most managers, Branham has observed, blame employee turnover on the siren song of higher pay and better opportunities at other firms.
But in his analysis of thousands of third-party employee exit interviews, Branham has found that people are four times more likely to leave a job because of factors within the workplace — from excessive workloads to poor relationships with managers.
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I agree that these are common and very justified reasons to leave a company, if I was in a position to, I would leave a job/company if any of those things were happening to me in the work place. I certainly understand why most exiting employes do not tell the truth when asked why they are leaving, but it is a shame since if a company is not aware of the problem, no one can take action to fix it. But I guess thats why this book is written. I think it is definitely important for all managers and bosses to know about these reasons, and if they cant find the time to read the book at least read this article. It is very peculiar this mind set that managers apparently have of "its not me, its them." That certainly is taking the easy way out, choosing to ignore the fact that they might not be good enough managers to realize there are and/or solve any problems there might be in the work place they are in charge of.
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