The great resignation; a horror movie based on true stories.
Why 4 out of 10 working parents consider leaving their jobs.
“I just can’t do it anymore” Lucas finally told his best friend. “Yes, I have a decent job, but I don’t believe that my team, or more importantly my manager, listens or, for that matter, cares about me. If she did care, she would have provided us, working parents, with some child care benefits, wouldn’t she? It is overwhelming to be present for the twins, spend quality time with them and at the same time work overtime, without at least being fairly rewarded financially”. His friend shook his head in agreement.
The Global Workforce Hopes and Fears Survey 2022 shows that the key factors in determining whether employees are at risk of quitting their jobs are:
- Not finding their job fulfilling
- Feeling that they can’t be their true self at work
- Feeling unfairly rewarded financially
- Feeling that their team doesn’t care about them
- Not feeling heard by their manager
Then, his friend turned to Lucas: “I understand. What has your manager done to prevent you from leaving? Did she propose a hybrid workplace?”. Lucas takes a sip from his beer, only to reply “Nope, she did absolutely nothing.”
Did you know that 52% of employees who quit their job claim that their manager or organization could have done something to prevent them from leaving? Or that 51% of exiting employees reveal that in the last three months before they left, neither their manager nor any other leader discussed with them about their job satisfaction?
Lucas continues “If it weren’t for the twins, I’d stay. But you know they are my priority — as every child is to their parents. All I am saying is that I want to be a happy employee, in order to be a productive one as well, you know?”.
It comes as no surprise that more than one-third of parents are planning to leave their jobs because of flexibility issues and lack of childcare. Although childcare is the most commonly requested benefit, less than 20% of working families have access to it via their employer, and even if they do have some kind of a reimbursement benefit, it doesn’t cover full-time, reliable childcare.
This is what we managed to identify early on at Morphoses; the gap in childcare benefits for working parents. And what did we do? We filled it. How? By offering children the most important skills anyone can have; soft skills.
