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[–] 219 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (20 children)

As a professional in this field, top reasons would be...

  • Dissatisfaction with pay
  • Limited/No career progression
  • Dissatisfaction with environment/culture
  • Dissatisfaction with management
  • Poor work-life balance
  • Poor job design/expectations of role
  • Poor taining quality/knowledge management
  • Inadequate tools/systems

Edit: I should also point out we have about half a dozen ping-pong tables scattered around my work and our turnover figures were bang on average for annual benchmarking against the sector. I consider the average too high, though, and will be targeting better retention over this year. We'll need at least double the amount of ping-pong tables.

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  • [–] 115 points 3 years ago (9 children)

    I don't see pizza party or ping pong table on that list so you're obviously not a professional.

    A real professional knows employees want pizza parties instead of higher pay and they want more responsibilities with the same pay!

    :P

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  • [–] 21 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    Pizza party solves everything!!

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  • [–] 17 points 3 years ago*

    My top reasons for leaving a job:

    • Too little pay
    • Too many responsibilities
    • The possibility of career progression

    The three Big Nos. My optimal work-life balance is 0.1-99.9. If they trust me to be able to do even one thing, that pay better be huge.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    So ping pong table falls under the third point right? More ping pong = more fun = better culture? Right? /s just for clarity

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    Very correct. You can solve bad culture by throwing more money at the problem. Preferably all at once with zero maintenance budget or governance so that the amenities in question can become non-functional monuments to your superior culture. Future generations will find these and marvel at your ingenuity from the safety of the water cooler.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    There’s some new research that shows raising pay is not great for retention. Studies say it’s better to take that money and put it into a long-term benefit line a pension, profit sharing, while life insurance with a cash out value, etc.

    Raises and bonuses had about a 3-month effect.

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