07/28/2022
A study on people quitting their jobs found that lack of career development, poor compensation, and uncaring management were their top 3 reasons.
This tells us a lot of really interesting feedback.
For starters, I think we have reached the tipping point where you just can’t f**k with workers anymore. Thanks to website transparency sites like Glassdoor and online communities like Reddit and Tik Tok, more and more people are sharing their gritty job details and the secrets of the workplace have finally been unveiled.
We can now easily compare who’s getting paid what, who’s getting overpaid, underpaid, or not paid at all. We can trade war stories about workplace mismanagement and neglect. We can talk about signs of a toxic workplace and give advice to people experiencing the same s**t we did.
We know better, and we’re walking out.
And if I look at the 4th and 5th items on this list (lack of meaningful work, unsustainable work expectations), then this study also tells me that workers aren’t waiting for companies to burn to the ground before they abandon the ship — they’re walking out as soon as it gets boring, repetitive, stressful, or invaluable to their career goals.
The key phrase I see is “meaningful work” because that’s the difference between a job you see yourself growing into vs a job you couldn’t care less about. Meaningful work = the kind of job that allows you to help people you care about with problems you know how to solve. Meaningful work allows you to use your talents and knowledge in a way that doesn’t feel like a useless grind. You never have to question why this work is important and why you need to show up. You do it because you legitimately care, and your employers equally care about you.
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”Lack of career advancement and development is now the top reason why people leave their job according to a new McKinsey study.”
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