Reasons To leave a Job:

Sometimes, even if the work provides you with great pay, title, growth, and the possibilities for advancement, if you aren’t engaged in the work eventually, you’ll feel compelled to leave. It is a mistake to associate wanting to leave a job with a single factor. No company is perfect, and everyone makes compromises/trade-offs. There are a lot of factors contributing to a person who quits his/her job. Some of them are:

Stress

Job-related stress can take a toll on a person’s well-being. If employees are unable to achieve the targets within the given deadline, if working hours are excessive, if they are burdened with tasks which could have been easily handled by someone with less experience than them, if there is lack of appreciation or any such reason, employees feel stressed, which induces them to leave the job.

Environment

The working environment plays a major role in the sustainability of any job. If the environment makes you feel vulnerable, uncomfortable, or undervalued, you might consider leaving the job.

Personal Stagnation

Many employees consider leaving a job if they don’t see any personal growth.

For Instance:

• When you feel you are no longer improving and acquiring new skills.
• Feeling of not going anywhere after a long time.
• Starting from the bottom and still at the bottom.

Disconnect Between Own Perception of Value and the Company

This is likely the most common. The employee, for one reason or another, feels that they deserve that promotion, salary, or bonus which the Company/Manager doesn’t think they do. If the disconnect is left unaddressed, the staff will look for another company where they feel there is more of a connection.

Instability / Uncertainty in the Company or Department

Hints of a coming down-turn and possible retrenchments will compel the company employees to leave their jobs. There have been too many recent examples of major, strong companies retrenching large numbers of people. 

Damaging Staff Conflicts

Conflicts left unresolved, whether with the managers, other department staff, or their team members, will slowly push them out of the organization. Team dynamics are crucial to a healthy team. Conflicts are normal in any company. Damaging conflicts have to be addressed directly and quickly.

Unfulfilled Promises

This is one of the major problems that go unnoticed by the HR team. During the interview and review periods, hiring managers and HR can often imply or directly promise promotions, adjustments, or specific job responsibilities, which are forgotten in the rush of things. Such promises are rarely forgotten on purpose, but they do a lot of damage. The worst part is that employees rarely send reminders. These forgotten implied promises fester later.

Family and Health

A new baby, a sudden death in the family, a severe sickness can all require an employee to leave the organization to take care of the situation. Also, if the job severely affects the mental or physical health, employees may consider quitting.

 New Job Opportunity:

If a person gets a new job with better benefits and salary packages, then they leave. They may or may not mention issues with other employees or supervisors. Still, generally speaking, the answer given most often is better benefits, a better working situation (hours, traveling commute), benefits, and salary package.

 You cannot see a bright future.

Lastly, the sure-fire sign that might compel you to leave your organization has to be when you start to feel out of place in the current setup. You do not see your future with the organization, or you are unsure about whether you will be able to survive another year or two with the firm. If such doubts start to preoccupy the mind, it is always a good thing to discuss with someone from your office whom you can trust. There can be a big chance that things might be not what you think they are.

People usually leave their managers and organizations and not their jobs. When there is a mismatch in the job content between the initial interview and induction and the real workplace, people end up feeling let down. Toxic and unethical working environment and lack of job satisfaction in any form together contribute to a person leaving the job.