Poll: Why are people leaving their jobs?

#1

Post by MobileVet » Fri, Jan 14, 2022, 5:28 PM UTC

There has been quite a lot of press about the 'great resignation,' with employees leaving jobs in droves. This is likely hyperbole, but it does seem that there are a large number of people switching jobs.

If that is something you have done or are considering doing in the near future, why?

Re: Poll: Why are people leaving their jobs?

#2

Post by andrewclunn » Fri, Jan 14, 2022, 5:37 PM UTC

Some other people were taking advantage of work form home, and their slacking was pissing me off, so I looked. Then I got an offer which amounted to a 50% raise.

Re: Poll: Why are people leaving their jobs?

#3

Post by greenie_beans » Fri, Jan 14, 2022, 5:40 PM UTC

is this in the tech industry or the economy as a whole? people in the service industry are leaving because it's even more miserable during a pandemic

Re: Poll: Why are people leaving their jobs?

#4

Post by capableweb » Fri, Jan 14, 2022, 5:40 PM UTC

andrewclunn wrote: post #2

Some other people were taking advantage of work form home, and their slacking was pissing me off, so I looked. Then I got an offer which amounted to a 50% raise.

On similar note (but maybe not too similar): My work switched from being a in-office company to everything-remote. Productivity took a big hit because we were a small, tight-knit company, and people stopped talking with each other. Left it to take a job in a company that will never switch to remote-only. Much happier again.

Re: Poll: Why are people leaving their jobs?

#5

Post by Raidion » Fri, Jan 14, 2022, 5:41 PM UTC

There are two questions at the core of this: "What made you look" and "What made you leave". They can have the same answers but this isn't a great poll IMO.

Re: Poll: Why are people leaving their jobs?

#6

Post by postalrat » Fri, Jan 14, 2022, 5:41 PM UTC

andrewclunn wrote: post #2

Some other people were taking advantage of work form home, and their slacking was pissing me off, so I looked. Then I got an offer which amounted to a 50% raise.

Probably the same people who are saying they are much more productive working from home.

Re: Poll: Why are people leaving their jobs?

#7

Post by slt2021 » Fri, Jan 14, 2022, 5:42 PM UTC

because people became millionaires trading CUMROCKET and Tesla

Re: Poll: Why are people leaving their jobs?

#8

Post by ferdowsi » Fri, Jan 14, 2022, 5:42 PM UTC

My previous organization has been totally emptied out during the Great Quittening. All of us left for various reasons, including mismanagement, and the eminent impossibility of pay raises that kept up with the hot market + inflation. I was fielding offers at 20% past my previous base salary, plus MASSIVE equity upside, at a much more exciting company. I feel bad for any engineering leaders attempting to retain people right now.

Re: Poll: Why are people leaving their jobs?

#9

Post by JoeAltmaier » Fri, Jan 14, 2022, 5:42 PM UTC

My old boss Eric Carlsen used to say, nobody left because of money.

They may get more money if they change jobs. But they start looking because they're unhappy. So when somebody asked for more money, he'd start by asking what was bothering them.

Re: Poll: Why are people leaving their jobs?

#10

Post by nathias » Fri, Jan 14, 2022, 5:43 PM UTC

I quit my job to move into web3.

edit: I don't know why I'm getting downvoted, but I can guarantee you I'm not the only one.