Why would you leave your job?

It is one of the many effects of this pandemic: it made us rethink the important things, reshuffling the cards, reorganizing priorities. And so according to the last Randstad WorkmonitorItalian workers would have rethought their professional goals by bringing back the interest in safety, well-being, involvement and the founding values ​​of life.

As if we were no longer happy with what we had endured until yesterday. And so relations with colleagues and the weight of the salary were re-evaluated to question one’s job, perhaps even going so far as to leave it to pursue companies more in line with one’s beliefs.

However, it is true that 56.2% of the employed, according to the 5th Censis-Eudaimon Report on corporate welfare carried out in collaboration with Eudaimon, would in any case not be inclined to quit their jobs, in the belief that they would not find a better job.

But the temptation, beyond pragmatism, would exist and Randstad has drawn up the handbook of the 10 main reasons why workers could choose to leave an organization.

“Unfortunately, too few realities conduct climate surveys and measure employee satisfaction to identify the deep reasons that push people to stay or abandon their jobs, much more complex than simple economic offers, and then question consolidated processes”, declares Elena ParpaiolaCEO of Randstad Italia, «The strong competition in progress requires new strategies at 360 degrees, with two proprietary objectives for each business: to attract and retain one’s resources».

These are the 10 reasons for the “great resignation”:

1- Professional relationships with colleagues and managers. The first reason that workers leave a company is the relationship with colleagues of equal or higher level. Especially in the second case, not necessarily because the relationship is conflictual but because it is not aligned with the needs of that moment, between excessive pressure, lack of recognition, absence of transparent communication and non-meritocratic choices.

2- The content of the work. The collective experience of the last few months has led to a reflection on the deeper meaning of life and work. Many people change places in search of a more interesting and stimulating job content, than the current one, more in line with the expectations of the professional role they want to fill.

3- Corporate values. But there is not only the type of work. More and more people, regardless of their role in the company, are no longer willing to compromise between the priority values ​​for their personal identity and those of the organization in which they operate. They are therefore ready to step down to choose a company aligned with their ideal.

4- Salary. It is the most obvious reason, but decisive today in a phase of strong competition. If the pay is perceived as insufficient for its value, a worker is likely to be attracted to offers for improvement. Economic leverage today is particularly attractive for senior workers, less so for young people for whom other factors are crucial.

5- The weather. Always a very important factor, the balance between private and professional life was severely tested during the lockdown. Its relevance has increased exponentially and today workers are less likely to sacrifice free time. Often they escape from “toxic” conditions, in which professional activity totally invades the private one.