“Our data clearly highlights that toxic company culture drives people to leave their jobs more than any other single factor,” said Sara Sutton, founder and CEO of FlexJobs. Not allowing remote work (43%), being burned out (42%) and not allowing flexible schedules (41%) were other reasons cited. More than half (57%) of active job seekers said they wanted to work in a whole new field.Īmong other reasons people are seeking out greener pastures: low pay (59%), bad management (56%) and the lack of a healthy work-life balance (49%). Nearly seven in 10 (68%) quit without another job lined up, while 15% felt tempted to “rage quit” (4% actually did so). It found that 25% of those polled had left their jobs over the past six months, while nearly one-third (30%) were currently considering leaving. on their attitudes about work, revealing that toxic company culture was the top reason people quit their jobs. Management sets the tone for the company.”įlexJobs, which specializes in career services for flex and remote employees, recently surveyed more than 2,200 workers in the U.S. Poor management was ultimately what created the toxic environment. I got paid decently, the hours were good. I loved my team, my boss, the work that I did. Were it not so bleak, she added, she would’ve “stayed forever. “My anxiety was at an all-time high,” she said. But then things turned dark.įrom a revolving door of CEOs over just a few years to a rank and file reduced to paranoia, plotting and backstabbing, the company became the definition of the toxic workplace - and eventually caused her to leave for another job last year. Jackie (a pseudonym WorkLife agreed to) liked her job at a well-known New York advertising agency.
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