4 Reasons Team Members Want to Resign (And How You Can Prevent It)
Joe Wynne is a versatile Project Manager experienced in delivering medium-scope projects in large organizations that improve workforce performance and business processes. He has a proven track record of delivering effective, technology-savvy solutions in a variety of industries and a unique combination of strengths in both process management and workforce management.
The Great Resignation has been a global phenomenon, and researchers from many organizations have been peeling the onion to understand more. Recent reports and studies have sought to explain why workers are quitting. Surveys were made of different industries and demographic groups, and the results have been helpful—but not immediately actionable for project managers or scrum masters.
The list below is derived from various studies to be most useful to you. It lists the big reasons workers give for quitting, and also helps you identify if your project team members are dissatisfied—and how to counter with effective tactics.
Before getting to the list of problems, there is another reason why you should pay special attention to countering dissatisfaction. It is because of a phenomenon where one person leaving makes it easier for other workers on the same team to also rationalize leaving. It's just "easier" once someone else quits. This could potentially cause your project to lose two or more workers in a short timeframe.
That should motivate you even more to do what you can (appropriate to your role) to actively avoid resignations. So here is a list of four key findings from research that should be relevant to you now. With each worker problem, there is help for you to identify if the problem is occurring in your project and what actions to take to …
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