Why Do people change jobs

There are a myriad of reasons. Managers/bad management is only a part of the whole. What about head hunting?

Hi Kaveri,

I am afraid that I can't see the logic. All organizations are vertical (some now claim to be lateral ). Someone supervises someone and that's the way it goes till the MD/CEO whose immediate boss is the board. If that is true, all companies will have the same employee turnover % in average. But that's not true-is it!'

I think people changes job due to company policies.

Manager may be one of the reason behind it , but friends manager is also an employee of the company & they are doing only their job.

& their first responsibility is to implement the policy of that company by all means whether it is against the employees or for the employees.

Managers are also human being like us . Please don't treat them like someone coming from Mars.

Also some people have tendency of changing the jobs on regular basis for just a sake of hike in package & job satisfaction is secondary to them.

& in last "Badal to Prakruti Ka Niyam Hai Wasta!"

Sometimes to change city also!!

what if your manager is very nice and good but if there is no company poliy which may support your aspirations, what can ur manager apart from lending a shoulder to cry??----

YOUR Manager can help u in feeling comfortable in your day to day job or support you few times, where his own butt is not coming in question.

your manager dont run your house

your manager can try to get you 5% raise extra than co might have decided.

----So company policy/environment has to play a big role,

MANAGERS ARE JUST MEESANGER OF THE MANAGEMENT

If you are leaving a job and going to another job at a salary higher than the present salary then you are changing nio becoz of your boss but becoz uit is a suffocating environment, yuor boss can pass teh pressure to you but you are not abel to pass it to another person

Let us all accept 1 fct no boss will screw his / her career for a reportee , they will pass on the fire and keep 90% credit.

So if a person says he is leaving becoz of boss means that man cannot manage any perosn in life

Look at the trend people shift jobs approx every 3-4 yrs ie they work ina company for 3-4 yrs and then move out, why so becoz they get a bigger pay check else where, but the reason they give is boss is bad

No boss will be good it is salary becoz of which we move and not boss

There are movemnets even when boss if good and there are numerous instances where I have seen this

If any person get more than 20% hike in present salary there is movement, present market is offering 50% to 65% hike, so why will there be no movemnet

Who does nto love money, job satisfaction and job enrichment does not fill your basic and family needs 

I believe company policies & compensation that an employee draws are the two main factors.Even Managers are bound to follow those policies & becomes a target for employees to take all their frustration on his head.Most of the companies hire the candidates but dont offer the work according to their qualification & capabilities.Everybody is working on the same platform whether a guy is Btech/bcom/bsc whatever.So, please!!!! I say it loud.. PLEASE DONT DO THAT....It arises only frustration and jealously among employees.Offer jobs according to their Qualification.

Companies are stiill treating their inhouse employees as labours just on the name of recession.They are not giving hikes to their employees but they hire an outsider on double pay packages.Why??

There are hell lot of factors which are directly/indirectly dependent on the company policies.These days the attrition rate is very high as the industry is out of recession and everybody wants to get out of the companies with the policies as Junk.

companies policy and wages are the main region behind changing the job , the companies policy and wage are the main criteria who can satisfy the individual and as individual is satisfied and motivated he can not change the job

I personally have experienced that due to poor company policies, employees are not able to adjust. The same poor companies will hire poor managers, so both issues are interconnected. Also, if the work culture thrives on excessive competition, jealousy, and politics, then there is no reason for an employee to keep fighting for his or her rights. Management, represented by the lower managers, have an unnatural habit of appearing too profit crazy, thereby driving employees against the wall to perform. Many times employees, especially women, are fighting against prejudice, oprressive working conditions and traditional mindsets. It is very hard for excellent employees to survive in mediocre set ups. You have to master yourself first before you can master your profession, I feel and think!

I feel that change in job is mainly due to company policy/wages. In most of the IT company's the switching takes place , when they were offered  higher positions with higher wags. In public sector also, the main reason for leaving the organisation is company policy and ofcourse the wages. The static nature of job, which is also due to company policy , also adds to frudtration , and people start loosing interest in heir company and look for change. I have seen my colleagues in both Pvt and PSUs sectors, who were really bright and intelligent, have changed heir job when they have found stagnant or limited role in their assignment.

One cannot clap with 1 hand if the company policies are such that a particular department or perosn does not get the reward for hard work then there is bound to be exit

There are biases in comapnies towards depts and perople and this leads to attrition

Not all Managers like to lose their trained staff though 

I believe there are a variety of reasons; culture and wages are valid in some countries.  When I worked with a division in Mexico, the wages were such that no matter how the workers were treated, 5 cents a hour promised could cost the company 25% of the line workers.  When the company got a new contract, the same happened in reverse, it was not uncommon to have employees that had left and returned 4 or 5 times.

Unlike some areas, the unions are different so you could not say "you left before so our policy does not allow you to be hired back".  If there was a position and they were qualified, you had to treat them as if they had never left.

This is an interesting question and you cannot discount benefits and wages as benefits and policies can make up to 1/3 of the employment package and empty a company if they are not equitable.

Ranjith sir, I strongly agree with all the points you mentioned but Money is always the deepest root.

Well the company policies and wages are the factors for an individual to leave the job. Security and growth are the vital points one considers while joining any firm or company. We find plenty of idiotic bosses in the Govt organisations or undertakings but still one sticks with his/her job as he knowns that he is going to get benifited throughout his entire tenure.

As with the pvt firms as long as the company is growing and making profits your boss will b happy with you but anything negative you wont be spared and will b made responsible for all the debacles.

So work hard,  behonest and dedicated and u will b rewarded where ever u r.  

As per the nature law, we can never satisfy our ambition, and then we start comparing ourselves with others like co-partner, boss or colleague. Then we blame company policies, rules and wages. 

Yes people will change their jobs due to change in company policy and mainly due to better prospects..I have seen rarely any people who wont shift their jobs if they get better ptions in some other company..According to me no one is company loyal and he will shift job if he gets high pay than current one!!

People always leave organization for their better future. Normally people leave, when they are not satisfied with companies rules & regulations & also wages policy. There are people who are loyal to the companies & change jobs rarely but these people are very limited. The reasons which you stated might not be always responsible for resigning. There are people who may leave organization for their personal problems or for their better career opportunities.

hi, primerly employee joins a company not a boss. Boss is a subset of company which success and therby association with the company depends on his/her subordinate support. Employee and supervisor relationship is lergely guided by  company culture and values system. i have seen change in style of working of many supervisors with the change in organisations.

In a materlistic world, wages is no more a hygiene factor but a deciding factor in selecting and continuing with the organisation.  It has been found in many survey a good paymaster with reasonable good culture is high on attract and retain people. 

I think an employee joins an organization after consideration of company policies and wages which he agrees to, not the managers whom he has to work with... and managers do not have thier own policies, they too are bound to follow policies and wages of company....... therefore if a person leaves company from given two arguments, the cause is policy and wages of company....

Obviously the main reason is comapany policy. Policy means the style to work as well as low salary below expectations. If employee didn't get job satisfaction he/she left the job. Sometimes it happens that the job is good but wages of company is very low below expectations. People style is different to the management style.

The system of staying in a job for endless time is traditional. We are modern, we want change, so we look for change. Managers and companies are both man-made and hence imperfect. You can't lay too much stress on an individual. I change my jobs due to creativity issues becoz I can't do the same job for too long!!!

Guys

I agree that certain resource leaves because of the manager, but that just cannot be the rigth one according to me. Because today most of the company if the critical/key/sme employee's is not comfortable with one manger they can work for other managers as they have plenty of options to swap the resources.

So the questions comes why?

1. Road map of the company and where u fit it?

2. Visibility withing the organization

3. Roles and Responsabilties within your peer group defined

4. Aspiration for knowledge/role/power/importance/decision making/lime ligth/salary

5. Family/Education/Expsoure/Global Constraint

6. Flexibility of the policy

7. Growth within the company

Mostly because of wages.. theres is always a demand for the right candidates with a good hike... u give an employee anything a perfect anager or state of art faciities or excellent working environment, if he get a good hike, the employee (including myself, to be honest) will look to change the job