Actual Comments on Why Employees Leave: “The work life balance was awful for me and all my staff. With what I felt was chaos, no one could balance their work life.” The Solution Too heavy of a workload can sometimes cause even the hardest workers and the smartest...
Actual Comments on Why Employees Leave: “They didn’t follow all their policies. They only followed their policies when it was convenient for them.” The Solution What is the purpose of workplace policies? • Reflect an employer’s standards relating to employee...
Actual Comments on Why Employees Leave: “Immediate supervisor. I was hospitalized and she texted me at the hospital telling me that I needed to return to work so the work could get done. She hates it when we call out sick.” The Solution Based on limited...
Actual Comments on Why Employees Leave: EVERYTHING CAME FIRST!!!! Extremely unreasonable for supervisors to demand everything be done at once. The Solution Have you heard the phrase “when everything is priority, nothing is priority”? The fact of the matter is that...
Actual Comments of Why Employees Leave “When the company introduced a ‘work from home’ schedule I was allowed to have it. This was a savings as far as commute stress was concerned. Then, my boss revoked this benefit at her discretion and made me be in the office...
Actual Comments of Why Employees Leave “The department that I was in did not acknowledge the skill sets of the employees there. They would go out and hire a senior analyst instead of promoting from within. There are employees who have advanced degrees and who have...
Whistleblowing is the act of reporting illegal or dishonest activities that are taking place within an organization. The United States False Claim Act, also referred to as “Lincoln Law,” protects whistleblowers and also encourages people to help the government keep...
Actual Comments of Why Employees Leave “My education and experience have been primarily in development and system design/architecture. The role I was hired into was solely management.” The Solution The outcome of this comment was fairly predictable. The best technical...
Actual Comments of Why Employees Leave “The training program is outdated and needs to be refreshed.” The Solution How many times have you sat through a training program and thought “this training program must be a hundred years old”? What is the purpose of training?...
It is a recognized fact that in a down economy, many employees remain with a job they may not be completely satisfied with to maintain their financial security. Some believe a recession improvement is followed by more people quitting their jobs, which shows a...
Actual Comments of Why Employees Leave “Lack of proper training and support was one of the major reasons I left. I spent the first two days of employment in on-boarding. After this, I spent the rest of the week doing the on-line training. During the team meeting on...
All individuals are affected by employee turnover whether it is from a decision you personally made to accept another position or from inheriting the work from the loss of a key co-worker, subordinate or manager. We even experience the impact employee turnover has on...
