Comments on: 5 Signs Your Employee’s About to Quit

By: John

John — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:29:18 +0000

During an annual review, I told my boss I was starting to get bored. I looked for other things within my company but didn’t find anything. Later that year, I left for another company. My boss was totally surprised, even though he shouldn’t have been. I don’t think you can get more direct than that besides having copies of your resume lying around!

By: Krishna@seoknol

Krishna@seoknol — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:34:09 +0000

Even Pay structure may be one of the reason for their unhappiness. This is a big heck with most of the people as many employees try to expect more n more.

I would say there should be a good engagement b/w the employees and the management always. Even management irresponsible behavior towards employees requirements, needs, queries, or whatsoever is also one among the factors of Quitting

By: Lily

Lily — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:31:52 +0000

@Stéphane – Thanks for the comment, I helped create an employee satisfaction survey at a previous company I worked for and the results were very interesting. I definitely agree that companies should use them to get a pulse on how their employees are really feeling!

- Lily

By: S.Hamel

S.Hamel — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:45:33 +0000

Good article Lily,
reading your more recent post about the case of the missing post, I honestly don’t see anything wrong in this article. There will always be cases where our desire to express ourselves might raise some discording voices and critics, but this is an important part of any conversation.

Employee satisfaction and “the right time to move” is also a topic I covered a while back on my blog at http://blog.immeria.net/2008_12_01_immeria_archive.html

Organizations should look into the Gallup Q12 employee satisfaction survey, and it can also be a very good self-assessment tool.

Cheers,
Stéphane

By: The Case of the Missing Post | Blue Sky

The Case of the Missing Post | Blue Sky — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:04:51 +0000

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By: Yvonne Shek

Yvonne Shek — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:05:35 +0000

Also when they just responding or caring. Not showing up for calls or meetings is another sure sign.

By: Scott Johnson

Scott Johnson — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:15:18 +0000

I’d disagree about personal days at the beginning of the year, particularly if the employee in question has kids. It is extremely easy to burn all your personal days just because your kid gets sick in January or February (most child care will NOT take your kid when they are sick).

Similarly I’ve known lots of employees, when I lived in the North East, who would burn all personal days in Jan / Feb. Why? Skiing / good snow.

It seems to me that this warning sign really depends a lot on the employee.