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Poor Leadership is also the number one cause for parting ways with a company. For me personally, there was never another reason to leave a company. I never exp

Poor Leadership is also the number one cause for parting ways with a company. For me personally, there was never another reason to leave a company. I never experienced a toxic environment or had colleagues i couldn't stand. It was always the leadership

blitmap 8y ago
You've never experienced inconsiderate coworkers? Like coworkers who talk loudly on the phone in a nearby work area, coworkers with hygiene issues, coworkers who don't carry their weight or respond well to training?
- rejschaap 8y ago
  All of these issues should be addressed by the manager.
  - paulie_a 8y ago
    Or potentially addressed directly. I've had a couple occasions where I literally told a sexual harassing manager to "go fuck himself" twice. (He was harassing the women at the office) At another company I was politely confronted about a comment I had made, we talked it out. It was unintentionally insulting and we acted as adults and I realized why he brought it up.
- user5994461 8y ago
  It's entirely possible to have had none of these issues when you only worked for a few years or in a few companies.
- DrinkWater 8y ago
  I did, but these kind of problems were (at least for me) manageable (discussing the issues, "avoiding" these people, etc).
- lainga 8y ago
  Well, there's a big gulf between "toxic" or "impossible to stand" and mere "inconsiderate".
CM30 8y ago
You've never left a job because you wanted more money than they were willing/able to offer?
- Retric 8y ago
  Compensation is really two things. A) The work you do is valuable but your poorly compensated because of management issues. B) You’re compensated well for the work you do, but you’re capable of doing more valuable work elsewhere. Moving due to B is only needed in small companies, large ones generally have room for people to grow.
  - mmt 8y ago
    Although I agree that there exist (at least) these two compensation situations, I disagree with the subsequent assertion: > Moving due to B is only needed in small companies, large ones generally have room for people to grow. I have personally found, as have, I'm sure, many other people with an affinity for startups, that large companies can be quite limiting to growth, especially for certain careers/specialties.
    - dagw 8y ago
      especially for certain careers/specialties I've found that while smaller startups are great if you want to learn to do 'everything', larger companies tend to be better if you want to focus on growing within one specific niche.
      - mmt 8y ago
        I'd agree with the first part, that smaller (earlier) startups may be better for learning more breadth, but there's still a pretty substantial range of sizes before reaching "large". Startups, VC-funded in particular, tend to have the characteristic of very rapid growth, which can provide even specific/niche opportunities otherwise unavailable (on anywhere near the same time scale) at a large company.

blitmap 8y ago

You've never experienced inconsiderate coworkers? Like coworkers who talk loudly on the phone in a nearby work area, coworkers with hygiene issues, coworkers who don't carry their weight or respond well to training?

rejschaap 8y ago
All of these issues should be addressed by the manager.
- paulie_a 8y ago
  Or potentially addressed directly. I've had a couple occasions where I literally told a sexual harassing manager to "go fuck himself" twice. (He was harassing the women at the office) At another company I was politely confronted about a comment I had made, we talked it out. It was unintentionally insulting and we acted as adults and I realized why he brought it up.
user5994461 8y ago
It's entirely possible to have had none of these issues when you only worked for a few years or in a few companies.
DrinkWater 8y ago
I did, but these kind of problems were (at least for me) manageable (discussing the issues, "avoiding" these people, etc).
lainga 8y ago
Well, there's a big gulf between "toxic" or "impossible to stand" and mere "inconsiderate".

CM30 8y ago

You've never left a job because you wanted more money than they were willing/able to offer?

Retric 8y ago
Compensation is really two things. A) The work you do is valuable but your poorly compensated because of management issues. B) You’re compensated well for the work you do, but you’re capable of doing more valuable work elsewhere. Moving due to B is only needed in small companies, large ones generally have room for people to grow.
- mmt 8y ago
  Although I agree that there exist (at least) these two compensation situations, I disagree with the subsequent assertion: > Moving due to B is only needed in small companies, large ones generally have room for people to grow. I have personally found, as have, I'm sure, many other people with an affinity for startups, that large companies can be quite limiting to growth, especially for certain careers/specialties.
  - dagw 8y ago
    especially for certain careers/specialties I've found that while smaller startups are great if you want to learn to do 'everything', larger companies tend to be better if you want to focus on growing within one specific niche.
    - mmt 8y ago
      I'd agree with the first part, that smaller (earlier) startups may be better for learning more breadth, but there's still a pretty substantial range of sizes before reaching "large". Startups, VC-funded in particular, tend to have the characteristic of very rapid growth, which can provide even specific/niche opportunities otherwise unavailable (on anywhere near the same time scale) at a large company.