People
are moving to new jobs in droves. The level of employee engagement – people aligned to the work they do and
feeling good about their job and career – is at an all time, and in my
opinion, dangerous level. Surveys are reporting that 71-75% of employees are
not engaged in their work and therefore, not productive, committed or happy
with what they do. Add one more static that was reported by Forbes this past
week (www.forbes.com) – people are
changing jobs not once every 20 years (that is history), not 10 years, not
seven, five or even three – on average every 1.5 years. This is devastating
to employers and supports high employee
disengagement (I will be writing more
about this very soon).
So why are people
leaving jobs?
A
recent survey by Dale Carnegie Training and reported on LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130709152707-5799319-the-top-10-reasons-people-hate-their-job?_mSplash=1) reported the top
ten reasons people are leaving jobs, and the results, were not surprising. The
list can be a checklist for you – to take your pulse on where you are – engaged
or ready to bolt. So let’s review the top ten:
10.
Think grass is greener – Very common.
An employee leaves thinking that their situation will change and things will be
better at a new company and often, it is the same old same old.
9.
Values do not align to the company -
One’s values must be in line with the values of their employer.
8.
You don’t feel valued – Being
employed consumes 80% of your waking time – and if you do not feel valued and
perhaps “used”, you should leave.
7.
Job insecurity – When one feels
their employer is on shaky ground, employees bolt for safer grounds.
6.
No room for advancement – I remember
hearing … “If you stand in place, you
will rust”. If an employee cannot grow and advance, they will leave to a
company that may have a ladder thy can climb.
Now
for the “biggies” – the top five:
5.
Unhappy with pay – Surprised? I
wasn’t. One can make all the money in the world, but if they are unhappy, that
money means nothing. To “chase” money in a job or career search won’t work over
time.
4.
Too much red tape – Call it
bureaucracy, technology, reporting etc. – it is all the same. Employees often
feel they don’t have time to do their job (sell, service, fix) because they are
bogged down in paper, reports or red tape in some fashion.
3.
Not being challenged – Employees
invest in developing skills and experience through work, training, education and
personal development. If one’s skills are not being utilized, they move on.
2.
Passion is gone – We change over
time. What we may have been passionate about in the past changes as we mature.
When one loses their passion, they lose interest, motivation and their attitude
may suffer – all signs that it is time to move on.
And number one:
1.
They hate their boss – People leave
companies in droves when there are poor, untrained, disrespectful,
uncommunicative and often disengaged managers. It is rampant in companies and
in my consulting work I do with companies I usually find that the company isn’t
“broken” – the management is. People find themselves in management and are
never training on how to lead; it is a shame and so costly to companies.
One or more sound
like you?
If
so, time to plan your change – in job or career. Take control of your future,
and your happiness. There is no reason to toil in a role that doesn’t motivate
and drive you. When you are not, it affects all parts of your life: family, relationship, community, health and
more.
Step one: Accept
– accept that you need a change. Accept that your situation may be broken.
Accept that you are no happy. Step two:
Commit to do something about it – start today.
And thank you for reading this. - Dan
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