Why HR Employees are Quitting and How to Retain Them
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Why HR Employees are Quitting and How to Retain Them

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New data from LinkedIn reveals a troubling statistic — that HR has the highest turnover of all job functions, with a quit rate of 15% over the last 12 months. It’s a rather counterintuitive finding, given that HR professionals are usually the ones tasked with helping their companies attract and retain talent.

So why is this case? And what can business leaders do to keep these key team members from jumping ship? Let’s take a look.

What’s driving HR professionals to quit?

There are several possible reasons why HR employees are leaving at higher rates than other occupations. LinkedIn speculates that since “HR professionals get an inside perspective on how their company treats employees, perhaps that makes them quicker to spot and step away from?a dysfunctional company culture.”

However, an article from CNBC theorizes that the real cause could be burnout due to the pandemic. “Since March 2020, armies of HR workers have been key to helping companies shift to remote work,” the article notes. “They’ve been tasked with?laying off tens of millions of workers, then trying to hire them back during a global health crisis. They’ve conducted survey after survey, drafted every type of business update, and filtered down messages from the top, oftentimes bearing the brunt of negative feedback from employees.”

“The burnout?many people are feeling?well into 2021?—?at work and in life?— is especially acute for some in HR,” the article concludes. There’s certainly truth to this statement, and a new survey from AllVoices reveals just how concerning the situation might be. According to their research, not only are 53% of HR professionals burned out, but 48% are looking for a new job. And among those looking for a new job, a much higher percentage (73%) are burned out.

This means that last year’s 15% turnover rate could be just the tip of the iceberg. In fact, it’s likely that this number could be exponentially higher next year, especially with looming talent shortages and other factors contributing to burnout among HR staff.

The good news is that there are ways to reverse this worrying trend, and it starts with providing more support for your HR teams. Because when you consider that nearly 4 out of 10 HR professionals don’t feel fully supported by their company’s leadership, it’s clear that there’s room for improvement.

In the rest of today’s newsletter, I describe 5 ideas to help you get started. Below is a sneak peek — subscribe to my FREE Workplace Intelligence Insider Newsletter and you’ll immediately receive the full article.

1.????Improve your company culture and employee experience

LinkedIn’s point around HR being the first to spot a dysfunctional company culture is well-taken. So an important first step is to assess your company’s culture and employee experience, both of which play a key role in retaining talent. Then you’ll need to develop an improvement strategy, ideally focusing on areas that can help quickly move the needle on staff retention.

New research from isolved reveals that most organizations have a long way to go here, with just 21% of HR leaders rating their company’s employee experience as “outstanding.”?However, 83% are making it a priority in the year ahead. Not surprisingly, their top focus areas are addressing the fact that many employees — including HR staff — feel overworked, burned out, and stressed.

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Azubuike Okolie

Software Developer | .Net | C# | Web API

1 年

Worth the Read. Awesome Piece...

Sina Zargaran

Co-founder @ Campfire (YC W22) ??

2 年

This is a really great article Dan. Many contributing factors, and a big one is feeling isolated in a remote setting. It's 95% work and very little fun with the coworkers. All the interactions become robotic and transactional. We're all social beings and if that's removed from the part of life that takes up 1/3 of our days, then that takes a toll. This is why we've created Campfire (https://campfire.to) to help solve this part of the remote experience.

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Nadja El Fertasi

?? Trusted EQ Thought Leader | Emotional Resilience Coach | Designing Emotional Firewalls for Digital Safety & Well-being ?? | Championing Cyber Resilience as a Cultural Revolution | Let’s Connect & Collaborate ??

2 年

I love that this is getting more attention now and that employee experience is not seen as window dressing. We are witnessing a massive paradigm shift. If organizations are not understanding both how their culture and climate affects the employee experience, more people will quit. There is one quote I believe sums it up quite well: "People join organizations for their vision. People leave organizations for poor leadership." People-centric leadership will help businesses thrive and keep ahead of the change curve.

Abhijit Halder

Assistant at Abhijit flower ENTERPRISE

2 年

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