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If one person leaves, there could be any reason. The person may have found something better, just didn't like the job, needed to move for personal reasons, etc. If two people leave, it's more than likely something with the company or the role. With this many people leaving, something is definitely wrong with the role.
It may pay terribly, the role itself may be terrible, the management may be bad, people may have been fired, the company may be struggling, or some combination of all this.
A job is better than no job and I'd accept it if unemployed, but would obviously keep looking.
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It can be but is not always. When I took the job here in 2009 I found out that the previous person had been fired after 18 months, the one before that had quit after less than a year, the one before that had retired after many years. As it turned out, the turnover was due to two factors. First, neither of them had the experience really needed for the job. Second, the supervisor (demoted and replaced by me in 2010) didn't have the experience either and was unable to provide training for this unique, one-off position. When I hired my replacement it took an extended application period and second batch of interviews to find an appropriate person.
It can be but is not always. When I took the job here in 2009 I found out that the previous person had been fired after 18 months, the one before that had quit after less than a year, the one before that had retired after many years. As it turned out, the turnover was due to two factors. First, neither of them had the experience really needed for the job. Second, the supervisor (demoted and replaced by me in 2010) didn't have the experience either and was unable to provide training for this unique, one-off position. When I hired my replacement it took an extended application period and second batch of interviews to find an appropriate person.
The fact that two people were hired without the correct experience and then the bad supervisor points to a larger organizational failure, which is still a problem even for the low guy on the totem pole.
hi all...i just did a search on the company via glassdoor and the reviews from previous and current employers are HORRENDOUS!!!!! there were a total of 15 reviews and they are all bad: high turnover rate, company likes to fire people on the spot and hire "friends" with no prevalent experience, no growth, and it was just all bad. Not sure if I should just go by the reviews.
hi all...i just did a search on the company via glassdoor and the reviews from previous and current employers are HORRENDOUS!!!!! there were a total of 15 reviews and they are all bad: high turnover rate, company likes to fire people on the spot and hire "friends" with no prevalent experience, no growth, and it was just all bad. Not sure if I should just go by the reviews.
Always remember that whatever job you decide to take you have to make sure it's stable. You don't want to be in a situation where you are fired/laid off and then have to receive unemployment which is only 26 weeks in 2015. Based on the reviews, this job does not sound very stable at all and you may want to look elsewhere.
I just got out of my 4th interview with a company, so I am pretty excited about that. The company manufactures medical instruments and is doing very well.
I was told by couple of different people that in the past year, there have been 3 people working that same position and left within 1-4 months because they were overwhelmed.
Is that something for me to worry about? I find it hard to believe that 3 people would leave so fast, especially since it's hard to find a job nowadays.
sounds like there's some major drama going on but i could be wrong.
Any thoughts?
Check around online(alot of info on fda website) on the companies standing with their fda.
If the company has issues and is in remediation, this can make for a very intense and poor environment to work in.
Yes, it is a big red flag. This is something you should ask the hiring manager about.
It is a red flag but I'm not so sure I would ask the hiring manager about it.
If the hiring manager has high turnover and a candidate asks them about those difficulties, they may feel a bit offended or thrown off-guard by the question. And I wouldn't expect them to be perfectly honest with me about it anyway. Really, it's none of the applicant's business why people aren't sticking around. High turnover usually is because of structural problems within an organization; a HM doesn't want to get into that kind of stuff (which wouldn't be positive rep for the company anyway) during the interview.
Frankly, I'd keep the research to myself.
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