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Based only on anecdotal evidence (and yeah the plural of anecdote is not data) I'd sugges that figure wildy, wildly underestimated. I'm trying to think if I know /anyone/ over 35 who hasn't? Maybe, but I have to think quite hard.
It's probably closer to 100%. People quit bosses, not jobs.
I quit because the manager was incompetent, but also because the policy was one of instilling fear into employees.
I remember asking my manager to stop talking over me in a con-call. I was gone within a month
I quit my job because of my manager. There was a policy of instilling fear to gain control. There was also a push to reduce remote work in the company despite the said remote teams performing well. I quit because the manager was incompetent, but also because the policy was one of instilling fear into employees.
There are a lot of people over 40 in tech and some of them are ignorant. They try to manage something they don't know or can't fully understand. I think that's one of the reasons.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's probably closer to 100%. People quit bosses, not jobs.
That's a nice meme from LinkedIn but I'm sure there a few other reasons including a better paycheck, flexibility, or even benefits.
At many, many companies, your manager directly decides or at least influences all three of these, so if you quit due to them, you're also quitting because of your manager.
Based only on anecdotal evidence (and yeah the plural of anecdote is not data) I'd sugges that figure wildy, wildly underestimated. I'm trying to think if I know /anyone/ over 35 who hasn't? Maybe, but I have to think quite hard.
It's probably closer to 100%. People quit bosses, not jobs.
I have quit bosses before. But I have also quit jobs where I had excellent bosses before, because the job (or the company) had problems.