The 5 reasons employees leave

An employee’s resignation has ramifications across the whole company.

Naturally, those who want to leave feel nervous, 42% according to research from CV-Library, and two-thirds find it a difficult thing to do. It shouldn’t be this way. The ‘job for life’ is a dying concept and employers know this and should therefore mitigate for this. HR needs to educate staff on the procedures to follow when workers decide to explore alternative employment options.

But this isn’t being done: 89% of those aged over 25-years-old do not know the formal quitting process. 50% would do it face-to-face, 30% would write a formal letter, eight per cent call up and conduct the matter over the phone and seven per cent would quit via email (just under a quarter of Millennials would do it this way).

Lee Biggins, Founder and Managing Director, said: “Quitting a job can be uncomfortable.