A lot of people leave because of their manager, it’s true. I think employers know this and actually use it.
I remember when I worked at a grocery store chain that was facing financial problems, and when they wanted to shut down the store, they assigned a new head manager of the store who wasn’t local. She basically abused the staff - she would make us do work and then undo the work, she would yell at us and verbally abuse us. She would make people work unreasonable shifts, and do tasks that were clearly designed to create suffering.
At the time I was very confused by all of this, and I just coped with it. But looking back, I think they were trying to get people to find other jobs and quit so they didn’t have to layoff the employees & pay severance once the store closure occurred.
Ironically I had to drop my hours to 0 when I took an internship, and they never purged me as an employee, so when the store did close I was actually paid a small amount of money as a kind of severance, lol. (It was less than $200 I think, I worked for the federal minimum wage at this store - another sign of how abusive they were, I never once received a raise and worked for minimum wage while working there for over two years.)
Anyway, outside of bad bosses, I think a lot of people in corporate office jobs will leave due to mergers and acquisitions - layoffs are common during those, so people reason they would rather be in control, so they leave rather than face the possibility of a layoff.
Also, acquisitions are often dysfunctional and kill the culture, so sticking around is not desirable anyway. The most talented and desired employees leave because they have the easiest time finding another employer who wants them, so there is “brain drain” or talent flight that happens with each acquisition.
A lot of people leave because of their manager, it’s true. I think employers know this and actually use it.
I remember when I worked at a grocery store chain that was facing financial problems, and when they wanted to shut down the store, they assigned a new head manager of the store who wasn’t local. She basically abused the staff - she would make us do work and then undo the work, she would yell at us and verbally abuse us. She would make people work unreasonable shifts, and do tasks that were clearly designed to create suffering.
At the time I was very confused by all of this, and I just coped with it. But looking back, I think they were trying to get people to find other jobs and quit so they didn’t have to layoff the employees & pay severance once the store closure occurred.
Ironically I had to drop my hours to 0 when I took an internship, and they never purged me as an employee, so when the store did close I was actually paid a small amount of money as a kind of severance, lol. (It was less than $200 I think, I worked for the federal minimum wage at this store - another sign of how abusive they were, I never once received a raise and worked for minimum wage while working there for over two years.)
Anyway, outside of bad bosses, I think a lot of people in corporate office jobs will leave due to mergers and acquisitions - layoffs are common during those, so people reason they would rather be in control, so they leave rather than face the possibility of a layoff.
Also, acquisitions are often dysfunctional and kill the culture, so sticking around is not desirable anyway. The most talented and desired employees leave because they have the easiest time finding another employer who wants them, so there is “brain drain” or talent flight that happens with each acquisition.