Why Good Employees Quit

Turnover is inevitable. Every company in every industry will have to deal with turnover. And turnover isn’t necessarily a negative for the company. But too much turnover among top performers is always a negative. The goal for leaders is to attract and retain top performers-at least attract and retain more of those top performers than the…not so top performers.

And when good employees quit, it’s hard for those same leaders not to take it personally. An unexpected resignation letter can feel like a betrayal.

But before you place the blame solely on the newly departing and reframe your past history to try and spin them as less valuable than they really were, consider some of the reasons good employees quit. It’s often not that the company did everything for them and they didn’t appreciate it. It could be that the company didn’t do enough to avoid some easily preventable reasons good employees quit.

Here are the top six reasons high performing employees depart, and what leaders can do about them.

Burnout

The first reason good employees quit is simply burnout. Good employees tend to be overworked and underappreciated. Over-burdening good employees isn’t intentional, but it is logical. The old saying rings trues “If you want something done fast, give it to a busy person.” And if you want something done…