When an employee quits their job, the first thing you’d think of would usually be “why?”. There are many reasons, it could be better job offers, starting their own business or continuing their studies.

But what if they resign because they care too much about the organisation they are resigning from?

That sounds ironic, but the truth is sometimes the ones who quit are the ones who actually care for the organisation they resigned from the most. It happens more often than you think, actually.

Employees and company problems

Every company has its problems. But it all comes down to how these problems are handled. Of course, many organisations are aware of the problems they have. But there are differences in how many of these organisations handle these problems.

Some organisations prefer to find solutions aggressively. Other companies have a method of acknowledging problems and going through the process of trying to solve them but in reality, they allow these problems to fester, eventually, it becomes a part of the company’s culture and way of doing business.

This will lead to employees to fall into two camps:

Employees in the first camp only care about receiving a regular paycheck and don’t care about the organisation or its problems.
Employees in the second camp see the big picture, understand the problems and the possible solutions, but they are unable to do anything to solve the problems.

Why do the employees in the second camp are unable to do anything about it? Because they are plagued by missed opportunities, unrealised potential, wasted resources, and simply what could have been.

It’s tough to live with those kinds of thoughts and frustration. After much deliberation, these employees realise that they cannot identify with, relate to, or be part of an organisation who doesn’t seem to care about solving its problems as much as they do.

So, they resign.

The third camp

But there’s one more camp. Those who feel the same way as those in the second camp but instead stayed on for a few reasons. This is not an ideal way to exist within an organisation though, so after a period of months (or even years) they will end up in either the first or second camps.

It this happens long enough, one will end up with an organisation of which most of the employees only care about steady paychecks and don’t bat an eye about making the organisation reach its full potential.

Worse, some of these employees end up getting promoted to management, and there’s nothing worse than an organisation whose management is only focused on getting paid and nothing else.

What can you do?

There’s a lesson that needed to be learned: Listen to your employees. They have many good ideas on how to improve your organisation. Pay attention to the outspoken ones, even though dealing with them can be tough, as they are usually honest and sincere with their beliefs.

Learn to read the signs. If your best employees have started to become silent, or worse, started leaving, your company may already be breeding a culture of complacency and indifference.

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Source: LinkedIn

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