{"id":6208,"date":"2018-12-27T14:00:43","date_gmt":"2018-12-27T14:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/?p=6208"},"modified":"2019-01-16T23:52:06","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T23:52:06","slug":"this-is-the-no-1-reason-why-people-would-quit-a-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/this-is-the-no-1-reason-why-people-would-quit-a-job\/","title":{"rendered":"This Is the No. 1 Reason Why People Would Quit Their Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are many reasons\u00a0you might feel like quitting your job, but what would your reason be if you had to quit tomorrow?<\/p>\n<p>When asked this hypothetical question, 38% of people said they would quit due to feeling underpaid or unappreciated, according to the latest reading of an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/guest\/culture\/tech\/all-departments\/73-hypothetically-if-you-were-to-quit-tomorrow-what-would-your-reason-be\">ongoing query\u00a0<\/a>by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/guest\/culture\/tech\/all-departments\/73-hypothetically-if-you-were-to-quit-tomorrow-what-would-your-reason-be\">Comparably<\/a>. The other reasons had little to do with compensation: the second-most popular reason was &#8220;lack of career advancement&#8221; (32%), &#8220;negative work environment&#8221; (12%), &#8220;company instability&#8221; (12%), and difficult coworkers (6%).<\/p>\n<p>More than 10,000 people across the technology industry responded to the query.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3561 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/03\/long.jpg\" alt=\"long\" width=\"702\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/03\/long-300x81.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/03\/long.jpg 702w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>The only department who felt differently\u00a0was product<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Of all of the tech workers surveyed, those who worked in product were most likely to choose &#8220;lack of career advancement&#8221; as their reason for quitting tomorrow. The average worker in every other department chose &#8220;underpaid or unappreciated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3562 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/03\/PRODUCT.jpg\" alt=\"PRODUCT\" width=\"346\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/03\/PRODUCT-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/03\/PRODUCT.jpg 346w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 346px) 85vw, 346px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Age doesn&#8217;t matter<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Workers 18 to 55 all chose &#8220;underpaid or unappreciated&#8221; on average. A sampling of age ranges:<\/p>\n<p>26 to 30<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3564 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/03\/26to30-1.jpg\" alt=\"26to30\" width=\"341\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/03\/26to30-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/03\/26to30-1.jpg 341w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 341px) 85vw, 341px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>46 to 50<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3565 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/03\/46to50-1.jpg\" alt=\"46to50\" width=\"348\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/03\/46to50-1-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/03\/46to50-1.jpg 348w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 348px) 85vw, 348px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Men and women = same views<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Men and women&#8217;s responses offered the same ranking, with &#8220;underpaid or unappreciated&#8221; at the top and &#8220;difficult coworkers&#8221; at the bottom.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3569 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/03\/gawk.jpg\" alt=\"gawk\" width=\"549\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/03\/gawk-300x116.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/03\/gawk.jpg 549w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 549px) 85vw, 549px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The latest query is as of\u00a0Dec. 24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many reasons\u00a0you might feel like quitting your job, but what would your reason be if you had to quit tomorrow? When asked this hypothetical question, 38% of people said they would quit due to feeling underpaid or unappreciated, according to the latest reading of an\u00a0ongoing query\u00a0by\u00a0Comparably. 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