Why Your Employees May Be Looking for a New Job

Published: Jun 29, 2017
Updated: May 12, 2021
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Why Your Employees May Be Looking for a New Job

Why Your Employees May Be Looking for a New Job

Why Your Employees May Be Looking for a New Job

Salary dissatisfaction and feelings of being underappreciated are causing many employees to seek new jobs. Find out how to avoid a talent exodus in your staff.

Exploring Options

Exploring Options

25% of the employees surveyed said they plan to look for a new job during the next three months, and 35% intend to look for a new job over the next year.

Why Employees Seek New Jobs

Why Employees Seek New Jobs

Dissatisfaction with current salary: 20%,
Don’t feel valued by employer: 12%,
Dissatisfaction with growth opportunities: 10%

Most Prized Benefits for Long-Term Future

Most Prized Benefits for Long-Term Future

Flex-time: 25%,
Performance bonuses: 21%,
Telecommuting: 20%

Here Today …

Here Today …

52% of the workers surveyed said they are confident that their current primary job will still exist in 2037, although 17% admitted that the primary job they held in 1997 no longer exists.

Team Tethered

Team Tethered

42% said they hesitate to take earned vacation time because they’re afraid of disrupting their team’s workflow, and 30% said they feel guilty when requesting vacation time.

Budget Strapped

Budget Strapped

62% of the HR managers surveyed said their organization recognizes the need to pay higher wages to stay competitive, but it simply can’t afford to do so at this time.

Competing Interest

Competing Interest

74% said their competitors are raising wages to attract top talent.

Tech Demand

Tech Demand

59% of the HR managers said it is difficult to find qualified science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) pros, up from 51% who said this last year.

Elusive Education, Part I

Elusive Education, Part I

62% said their company struggles to keep up with evolving training demands so that workers’ skills stay up to date, up from 48% who said this in 2016.

Elusive Education, Part II

Elusive Education, Part II

62% of the HR managers said it is difficult to keep up with the costs of training workers for future skills needs, up from 48% who said this last year.

Generational Issue

Generational Issue

57% of the HR managers surveyed said their organization finds it challenging to recruit and hire Millennials, up from 50% who said this in 2016.

Dennis McCafferty

Dennis McCafferty

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Dennis McCafferty, a writer for eWeek, Baseline and CIO Insight, has more than 20 years of experience as a writer. He has covered a variety of technology and business topics for a number of publications, including those of Ziff Davis. Dennis was also an editorial staffer for USA Weekend, the nation’s second-largest magazine, with more than 22 million readers.

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