Report: Toxic culture the top reason employees are quitting their jobs

Employee resignations are still cresting at all-time highs, and PR agency leaders know just how hard it has been to attract talent.

And the amount of time you have to save an employee who is considering a job change is brief. According to new data from Real Estate Witch, 1 in 4 employees who resigned their job since January 2021 only considered the change for a week or less before jumping ship.

The online survey talked to 1,000 workers who had left their jobs in the last year, digging into the factors that were driving the shift in employment. The top reason? Toxic culture.

Other top reasons for workers to leave their jobs include changed career goals (30%), burnout (29%) and low pay (28%).

The impetus of the great resignation is clearly the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, with 80% of respondents saying the pandemic influenced their decision to leave their job. Some of the related factors include understaffed workplaces, childcare needs and health care concerns connected to COVID-19.

Even when organizations try to offer more to keep employees on payroll, it’s often too little, too late. The report said 80% of employees who left their jobs received a counteroffer from their employers but still decided to leave. Counteroffers often included better benefits, more pay and flexible work hours.