Predictive HR: Peakon Attrition Study Examines Why We Quit; Identifies Warning Signs Nine Months in Advance
The study is available at Heartbeat by Peakon, a new website that publishes interactive workplace research based on a sample size of 33 million employee responses globally
COPENHAGEN, LONDON and NEW YORK (April 4, 2019) – Peakon, the world’s leading employee retention platform, has released a groundbreaking workplace study titled, The 9-Month Warning: Understanding Why People Quit—Before It’s Too Late. Based on more than 33 million employee survey responses across 125 countries, the study offers a detailed, first-of-its-kind glimpse into the exact factors that drive people to quit their jobs.
Key findings in The 9-Month Warning include:
- The first signs that an employee is considering quitting appear clearly in survey response data nine months before they actually depart, with declining loyalty as a key indicator.
- Key factors in driving a person to quit include unchallenging work, the inability to discuss pay and no clear path for career/personal growth.
- In most cases, people quit because of poor managers, not because of colleagues or company culture.