Should I stay or should I go? 2017

Methodology

• 22,000 employees from the IBM WorkTrendsTM survey. The survey was administered by the IBM Smarter Workforce Institute in 2016 in 45 countries and territories, in a cross section of industries, thousands of different organizations and all major job families

Key Findings

• Contrary to the popular myth, only 14% of people left their last job because they were unhappy with their managers
• The no 1. reason (cited by 40 percent of respondents) for leaving is because employees are not happy with their jobs
• 39% left their last job for personal reasons such as spouse relocation, child care or health issues
• 20% left because they were not happy with their organization
• 18% left due to organizational changes which had caused a great deal of uncertainty
• Employees with the most positive experiences at work are three times less likely to be searching for a new job (9% vs. 31%)
• Employees who are most engaged with their organizations are five times less likely to be searching for a new job (6% vs vs. 33%)