Quarter of employees would leave a bad job without a back-up

Retention is becoming a pressing issue for HR professionals. According to a recent cross-industry survey, 93% of businesses agreed that the retention of new hires in their organisation is an issue.

And over one-quarter (26%) jobseekers aren’t ready to stick it out at a job they thought wasn’t a good fit, even when they haven’t got another offer.

But why are people leaving? The Korn Ferry Futurestep research found the top reasons new hires are exiting is their specific role isn’t what they expected and working for the company was different than they thought it would be.

Surprisingly, the issue transcended pay, with respondents saying that money was not a primary reason a new hire would leave. More than half surveyed (55%) said that offering more money to a new hire who wanted to leave would not make them stay.