Why do people change jobs?

Question

The popular bs is because of better pay, opportunity, etc. I've heard that most people change jobs because they don't like the people they work with. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Some people change jobs involuntarily; others choose to do so. Here are a few of the reasons why people change jobs within each of these 2 categories:



1. INVOLUNTARY JOB CHANGES

Employee is fired for cause Employee is fired because s/he cannot satisfactorily perform job functions Chemistry between employee and boss is poor and one of the above reasons is used to explain employee's discharge Company lays off employee along with department/division as part of company restructuring--reengineering, outsourcing, etc. 2. VOLUNTARY JOB CHANGES

Employee finds a better job in the same line of work--higher pay, better benefits, promotion, greater responsibility Employee effects career change and takes a new position Employee's spouse had to relocate; employee needs to change jobs within the company or, more likely, with a new company Employee is not happy working at present job because of poor chemistry with boss and/or co-workers; so, s/he chooses to switch jobs Employee finds self in a career rut--deadend job. Job change puts employee back on track. I haven't seen statistics on this. But, I believe that the top 2 reasons for job changes are:

Interpersonal chemistry Compensation

Answer 2

and it was almost never the people.



From the age 18-31 I changed jobs every year or two and it always seemed to be about better pay or closer to home or better hours. The exceptions were a year at the Post Office where some really unpleasant people work and a company that went bankrupt. Finally I found a great place but after 2 years it became obvious that I needed a degree, so I went to college.



I got my degree in a safe subject and again started changing jobs every 2-3 years. After 3 more changes, I realized I enjoyed every new job for about a year, then the second year there was less challenge and less opportunity to learn. I got bored. At the age of 45, I decided to switch to a career where the pay was less and positions where I live were scarcer but it was something I had always wanted to do. I fell into a job completely by accident and it was supposed to be only for 8 mos and then I was unemployed. For two mos I worked temporary jobs and then was sent on a one week assignment at the first place. The week turned into a year, then permanent. I have been with my employer for 17 years now. At one point I considered moving to a job site within walking distance from my home but I keep being given nice opportunities where I am.



So in the final analysis my satisfaction with my job had little to do with externals, it was all about keeping myself challenged and engaged.

Answer 3

It has been my experience that people are forced to quit a job because corporate want to hire a new employee at a lower rate of pay. This is a cause of alarm because for some time businesses are hiring internationally. In almost all the service calls I make, are people from India and at times I've had to call back at a later time in order to get someone I can understand. This occurs mainly in the computer industry.



I believe women are difficult to work and possibly due to the fact they have not been in the as long as men. I've noticed most men are team players, and this may be derived from playing sports as a youngster whereas, women played with a friend, (2's company, 3's a crowd) or they played alone. In my experience a woman boss becomes jealous of women who are excellent workers and well liked employee. working with women. It's like going to the guillotine or committing hari kari.



Men have trouble keeping their hands to themselves and women will leave due to sexual harassment. It's not unusual for a women to sue a man for that reason. I wonder in lieu of the economy will people hold onto their jobs and take the guff.

Answer 4

IMHO, a good 85% of bosses and managers are incompetent bobs that will yank your chain and frustrate you every way possible under the law. giving you vague directions, giving you strict deadlines, not doing their part, promising to get you things you need and never doing so, claiming to understand and then making decisions that show they don't understand a thing, being selfish with praise and rewards, taking credit for your work, etc, etc, etc, etc, etvc, etc, etc... !!



Of course when you're interviewed, you can't tell the truth, oh no, you have to say "You outgrew the job", or "looking for new challenges", or "company reorg", or some other twaddle that anybody can see through.

Answer 5

They demoted her from assistant manager to employee, cut her hours, treated her unfairly in other ways, criticized her unnecessarily, and accused her of shorting the cash register! She tried to talk to a higher manager, but got no results. She did, however, apply for a transfer to another branch 20 miles away and was hired by the manager there who had originally trained her!



It was hard because she was going to school and had a young child and an abusive alcoholic husband who provided no support, but she did have us to help. As it turned out, the two supervisors in our home store were embezzling money through the shortages every day and other things, and while they knew the other employees would cover for them, they knew that my daughter wouldn’t. When the owner eventually got enough evidence to go after them, he brought her back to our hometown store and put her back as assistant manager.



I also retired from teaching because of the way that I and most other well-experienced teachers were being treated. We were swamped with meetings and paperwork and wrongly considered to be unable to learn to "Teach up to modern standards." So, while, I thought I would teach as long as I could walk down the halls, I retired after 30 years. And what I loved is that within the next two years the young man hired to replace me was charged with having sex with one of his students! I guess professionalism doesn’t count any more compared to age!

Answer 6

People change jobs for all kinds of reasons. Pay's not good, they don't like their coworkers, they need to work different hours, they're bored, they have better opportunities elsewhere...