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Why Do Top Engineering Talents
Quit Their Jobs?
Only a small percent of job quitters resign from their companies due to
personal reasons.
There is a famous saying, “People don’t leave
jobs; they leave their bosses.” This applies so
well with engineers.
Sometimes, engineers who are exceptional at
their jobs are considered the biggest losses a
company could suffer from. Since they are the
ones who keep the engines running (literally
or not), their bosses at engineering companies
regret that the best employees are the ones who
leave.
Little do these engineering managers realize
that they are part of the problem. Only a
small percent of job quitters resign from their
companies due to personal reasons, but the
greater number look for other opportunities
because of how they were taken care of by their
higher-ups.
There are 9 ways that bosses could cause the
best engineers calling it quits:
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Water Leaders • May 2017
They overwork people.
It is understandable for the boss to pitch all the
critical work to the company’s most reliable
employees. But this almost always leads to
the top engineering talent’s burnout. It would
feel like they are being punished for great
performance, unless of course a bigger, heavier
workload means a raise or promotion.
They never commend the workers’
good work and contributions.
It feels good when you do your all in certain
tasks and projects with great outcomes. But
it feels even better when the boss, to the very
least, acknowledges the exceptional work
done. The lack of the former often declines the
engineer’s performance and confidence, which
can worsen as an impression of the boss’ lack
of employee appreciation, and worst, a cause to
resign.