7 Reasons Why Top Performers Leave their Companies

Why good employees jump ship and move on to another organization

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The “Great Resignation” is here.

The “Great Resignation” is where millions of people voluntarily leave their jobs in 2021.

Texas A&M professor Anthony Klotz coined the term “Great Resignation.” He believes the rise of hybrid and remote work that increased due to the global pandemic helped cause this phenomenon.

There are five key reasons why the Great Resignation is upon us:

• People who wanted to resign before the pandemic but held on due to global circumstances
• Burnout at work
• A global pandemic “epiphany” where people are pursuing new careers and starting businesses
• Employees providing feedback and companies not acting on that feedback
• Employees having an aversion to returning to the office after working remotely for so long

The Great Resignation is causing good employees to leave.

When top performers leave, productivity and morale suffer because colleagues struggle with more work to overcome the missing “superstar” employees.

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