By Kathleen Davis January 26, 2024 Welcome to “Pressing Questions,” Fast Company‘s mini advice column. Twice a week, Deputy Editor Kathleen Davis, host of The New Way We Work podcast, will answer the biggest and most pressing workplace questions in less than one minute. Q: How do I know if I should quit my … Continue reading How do I know if I should quit my job?
By Jandra Sutton January 23, 2024 Quitting a job you love is rarely easy, even if you have another job waiting for you on the other side. On one hand, you might be leaving to accept a new role with a better salary or a new job title, which can make saying goodbye somewhat … Continue reading Here’s what it’s like to quit a job you love—and how to make it easier
By Emily Price November 20, 2023 If you were looking for information about Sam Altman’s abrupt departure from OpenAI this weekend, you likely found yourself, like me, constantly refreshing your news feed on X. While advertisers like Apple and Disney were fleeing the platform, starting Friday, over concerns that their ads were being shown … Continue reading OpenAI drama shows why news junkies can’t quit Twitter, even if they hate X
By Shalene Gupta September 13, 2023 In the wake of lockdowns, employers have had to reimagine work. Yet few have hit upon a winning formula—and it shows. Ernst & Young (EY) released its Work Reimagined Survey, which draws upon data from 17,050 employees across 25 different industries and 20 countries. It found a growing … Continue reading Leaders, your Gen Z and millennial employees might quit in 2024. Here’s why
By Kathleen Davis September 03, 2023 Thinking of quitting your job? Whether you’re miserable and dream of walking out in a dramatic TikTok-worthy fashion, or if you’re just feeling stagnant and uninspired, leaving your job is a huge decision. The first step is deciding if you can improve what you don’t like about your … Continue reading How to know when it’s time to quit your job
By Shalene Gupta April 12, 2023 There’s work, and then there’s the performance of work—but how much time do employees spend on the latter? People analytics firm Visier surveyed 1,000 full-time employees to understand how much time people spend on “performative work”: work that isn’t necessary but is done to appear visible. Here’s what they found. … Continue reading Is your job ‘performative’? Why workers can’t quit the timeless art of looking busy
By Harvey Deutschendorf January 22, 2023 Talk to any leader of an organization and they will tell you one of the things that bothers them the most is losing good people. There is a saying that has become very common: “People don’t leave bad jobs, they leave bad bosses.” While many people do leave … Continue reading 7 mistakes organizations make that cause good workers to quit
By Stephen Magli December 10, 2022 Within the past few years, the percentage of employees who quit their jobs has reached the highest levels in at least 20 years. This trend, along with quiet quitting, has been accelerated by the pandemic. According to a study from Pew Research Center, low pay (63%), no opportunities … Continue reading POV: I’m a CEO who hasn’t had an employee quit in 5 years—here’s how
By Gwen Moran May 28, 2022 Call it the Great Resignation, Great Reshuffle, Great Realization, or any of the other names that have been coined, the message is the same: Employees have been leaving their jobs in record rates. Attracting and retaining the talent needed for businesses to run is the No. 1 … Continue reading The leader’s ultimate guide to keeping employees engaged so they don’t quit
By Nihar Chhaya April 16, 2022 We’ve all read about the Great Resignation—and maybe you’re thinking you’d like to be a part of it. Feeling disengaged at your company not only leads to a higher motivation to quit, it increases as more people around you leave. And this wave is not ending anytime … Continue reading How to quit your job without pissing off your boss
