I see posts online every week promoting the fact that “employees don’t leave companies they leave bad managers”. While this is true in many cases it’s not the whole reason in all situations. To defend qualified, sincere and hard working managers (and there are many of them out there) they can often be unfairly blamed and be the scape goat when an employee leaves the company.
It shouldn’t be a natural reaction to blame the manager , there are other reasons employees leave that transcend the ability and management style of the manager.
For example
Family reasons
Career break
Changing industries
Taking on a bigger role elsewhere as a pay rise and promotion wasn’t warranted, the manager put in for approval but it was rejected by their higher ups
Yes, some managers may be the main reason an employee leaves the company , but by no means is it universal. It’s all too easy to blame managers
Many managers do a great job with their people, listen to them, support them, take bullets for them when they screw up, train them and do everything they can only for an employee to leave due to reasons out of the managers hands that top echelons of the company are not addressing that the manager lacks decision making authority to fix.
For example
Organisational culture
Remuneration/bonuses/allowances being below the market average
Flexible working hours or lack there of that kills employees schedules especially those with long commutes and young families
Job titles
Promotions
Career development opportunities
Depending on the company and the level the manager is operating at, mostly, managers get caught in between their teams and the decision makers at the top of the company. They can only advise and make suggestions on the above , but ultimately, in many cases, managers do not have the authority to change the above, hence the reason for employee turnover. Managers do the best they can but it’s not always enough.
Let’s give them a break , not automatically blame them and look at why employees leave, case by case and situation by situation.
One of the last companies I worked for before setting off on my own to build RJM wasn’t a good fit for me at all. I wont go into the specific reasons. What was the hardest part of leaving the company ? The fact that I had a fantastic manager who was
A great mentor
Experienced
Competent
Approachable
Led by example
Great humour and fun to work with
Demanding and a great delegator
The point I am making , some employees do not leave their managers they leave companies !
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