Why people leave companies?!🏃💼
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How are you doing today?!
Let’s face it: whenever someone leaves, companies roll out the same old clichés: "chasing new opportunities," "personal development," "looking for better alignment with long-term career aspirations."
Of course. And my dog is really a senior cloud architect.🐕💼
Now, here’s the honest (and refreshingly blunt) rundown of why individuals decide to exit organisations.
1. Managers Who Shouldn’t Be Trusted with a Toaster 🔥🍞
Some leaders inspire and show empathy. Others operate with… anxiety, subtle threats, and a Google Calendar invite marked URGENT????
Nothing drives someone to LinkedIn quicker than micromanagement so extreme it feels like you need binoculars.
2. The Culture That Seemed Perfect on the Website 🌈✨
You know the type: "We’re like a family!" - Translation: "You can achieve work-life balance, but only if your life revolves around this job."
And real families don’t terminate you for missing a Zoom call, so perhaps it’s time to retire that analogy.
3. Raises That Are Essentially Compliments 💸😂
Companies proclaim: "We hold you in high regard."
Then demonstrate that regard with a mere 2% increase. Incredible. Uplifting. Nearly poetic.
Essentially, a monetary pat on the back.
Individuals don’t depart due to greed; they’re exhausted from being compensated with "visibility" and "exciting stretch opportunities."
4. Career Paths That Go Nowhere 🛣️🚧
Of course, there’s a "path." But if that path necessitates three retirements, a reorganisation, and a cosmic alignment… It’s not a path. It’s a side quest.
People will redirect their skills to places with fewer mythical obstacles.
5. The "We Move Fast" Justification for Disorder 🚀💥
Agile = beneficial. / Scrappy = enjoyable.
However, "we move fast" frequently indicates: persistent disarray, lack of documentation, meetings proliferating like rabbits, endless fire drills.
Speed is great. Chaos is not.
6. Absence of Purpose (Or Excessive Purposes) 🎯🤷
Humans crave meaning, or at least stability.
When the mission shifts every three weeks and suddenly the company’s "core focus" is something unfamiliar to everyone, people begin to wonder: What am I doing here? Why does this PowerPoint have 42 slides? Is it too early for wine?
7. Toxic Coworkers Who Somehow Survive Everything 🐍✨
There’s always That One Person™.
They derail meetings, contribute nothing, and still get promoted.
It’s like witnessing reverse Darwinism in action.
People don’t leave bad jobs; they leave Jeff from Product, who can’t stop cc’ing everyone.
8. Burnout That HR Tries to Fix with a Webinar 🧘💻
Burnout is real. Burnout is painful.
Burnout cannot be resolved by a mandatory session titled: “Reduce Stress by Prioritising Better!”
People don’t want yoga videos; they want manageable workloads. A revolutionary idea.
9. Being Treated as a Resource Rather Than a Human 🧱➡️🧍
Nothing conveys "you matter" quite like layoffs followed by, "We’re sure the team can handle the workload."
Spoiler: the team is not sure. Not at all. Resume updates ramp up.
10. The Abrupt Epiphany: "I Don’t Have to Remain Here." 🧠💡
Sometimes, leaving happens quietly.
It’s that beautiful moment when someone realises: "What if I simply… didn’t?"
Once this thought crosses their mind, companies have about 48 hours before that individual is browsing Indeed.
Individuals don't depart due to a lack of loyalty.
They leave in search of respect, support, fair compensation, and to avoid the gradual erosion of their mental well-being.
For organisations aiming to retain their workforce, the solution is straightforward: Treat people as people. 🤯
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