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I'm in a 7 person dept in a large global company. I started almost 3 years ago and everyone who was hired after me and before me has quit. About 10 people. Except for 2 people who have been here over 10 and 20 years I'm the only one who has stuck it out. People can't handle the stress of the work volume or can't catch on and leave. My supervisor has made several people cry and walk out. Don't you think they should reevaluate how this job is handled or they don't mind constantly hiring people and training them just to quit?
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It depends on where these people went and what they are doing now, and also what their experience was before. I have recently lost two of my staff, but to promotions in other departments, which I would consider normal progression. When hiring, there are specific requirements and interview questions to determine the applicant's ability to deal with stress, and the ability to learn complex processes. Then we have a probationary period (6 months) in case the person is not successful, because it's not that easy to tell in an interview whether someone is actually capable of handling the work. Stress, and learning complex processes and procedures are a normal part of many, if not most office jobs.
As long as they feel the work is getting done at an acceptable cost, there is nothing for them to reevaluate. Some jobs are also high turnover jobs that the employer does not expect anyone to make a career out of.
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As long as they feel the work is getting done at an acceptable cost, there is nothing for them to reevaluate. Some jobs are also high turnover jobs that the employer does not expect anyone to make a career out of.
It is shocking that most posters don't get this very simple concept.
High costly turnover, operating on skeleton crews with ridiculous OT, and a revolving door of employees with poor morale won't fly forever with a company in business to make a profit
I'm in a 7 person dept in a large global company. I started almost 3 years ago and everyone who was hired after me and before me has quit. About 10 people. Except for 2 people who have been here over 10 and 20 years I'm the only one who has stuck it out. People can't handle the stress of the work volume or can't catch on and leave. My supervisor has made several people cry and walk out. Don't you think they should reevaluate how this job is handled or they don't mind constantly hiring people and training them just to quit?
Saving this company from itself is not your job. If you are unhappy, and I suspect that you are, do yourself a favor and find another position.
My employer has an extremely heavy turnover in one particular job area, the job area I work. When I interviewed, I asked about it but was met with lots of stories of positive feedback from Glassdoor (and some bad) as well as examples of positive stories about long term employees, including my interviewers who highlighted their lengths of service. I Didn't know enough about true company structure to realize how truly messsed up it is and how much the local manager influenced turnover rates Some managers have zero turnover, a lot have heavy turnover including mine. Haven't even been here 2 years and I'm second in seniority on my team, number one has two years. Six people have left or been fired just on my team of six.
Mgmt is not trained be management nor do they have mgmt experience. They might have been great sales people but are totally in incompetent as managers. There is no oversight of them at all. There is one main guy these mgrs report too but he is too busy with other more profitable areas and a few of these bad managers were his boss years ago.
This costs the company a fortune as our territories take at least a year or more to build once a Rep leaves. and, as the company is starting to notice once customers leave they don't come back
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