Hiring management

8 REASONS WHY GOOD EMPLOYEES LEAVE THE ORGANISATION August 11, 2015 Mukul Agarwal

A high attrition rate is always a concern for any company. To make it worse, when best employees leave, it is more costly and disruptive for any organisation.

Most of the times managers and HRs are unable to figure out the exact reasons for the same. Here are 8 most common reasons why best employees tend to leave the organisation, and which can be avoided.

1. Raising work without raising status Good employees always prove them to be most productive all the time. At times, managers try to test them with overwork. When employees are able to do that, managers fall in the trap of making it a habit. It is a human tendency to expect a raise when given responsibility of more work. If not considered, it might demotivate them.

2. No reward or recognition A word of encouragement is what everybody expects from their management. When performed the best a pat on the back, or if performed normal a push to move ahead. If managers miss on communicating the motivating words to their team (in terms of rewards or recognition) for a job well done, the chances are team might slide down on productivity.

3. Unhealthy relationship with management As per a recent survey, most employees mentioned the reason of leaving the job as unhealthy relationship with managers or company management. Smart managers are one who stay together with employees, show them the path and lead them to achieve results. A healthy relationship comes when companies celebrate the success together and also stick with their employees during hard times.

4. Employers swaying away from Commitments

Being trustworthy and honorable are the two important qualities in an employer. When companies are making promises to employees but are dwindling on whether to fulfill it, this gives a direct indication that companies are uncaring and disrespectful.

5. Adding unfit people in the team Good, hard-working employees want to work with like-minded professionals. But when company adds other people in the team not matching with the job requirements, it turns out to be a demotivator. Situation becomes more worse, when unfit employees tend to hinder the progress of the projects and disturb timelines set by good employees.

6. Restricting employees from achieving targets Passionate employees expect support from their managers in terms of keeping resources available to the team and let them work out their way to achieve results. It could be in terms of finances, travelling, meeting higher authorities etc. But if restricted because employers are only comfortable with the status quo, this can make them hate their job.

7. Best employees need regular challenge and feedback A mistake which most of the managers do is to let leave talented employees on their own. Good managers know how to manage good employees. They need constant attention, regular feedbacks and challenge. Or else the job may bore them.

8. Not encouraged for extra-curricular activities Employees feel more productive when they are encouraged to try their hands on their creative skills, other than work. If managers tend to pull them back, from indulging in other office activities employees might feel confined into their cabin and can feel choked to work at the present organisation.

When it comes to engaging employees from recruitment vertical, our recommendation for management is to implement a cloud based applicant tracking system, at organisation level. The platform is full of resources to promote job openings like – Job Posting, Social Recruiting, Bulk Emailing. It also comes with automated trackers to improve their productivity and real time reporting makes it easy to evaluate each individual’s work.