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People doen’t quit jobs so much as they quit managers. Good managers == low churn

• no1youknowz 8y ago
  Infinity x Infinity this! I've only ever worked with 1 good manager in my career. Not surprisingly the rest that I did work with who were terrible were the ones which frankly had no business being in IT at all. They were all the types that because they had a friend or neighbour who advised them on tech matters, meant that they understood the issues and how to resolve them. Always ended up not lasting more than 18 months at said company. Although what I took from all those experiences, is how to apply them when talking to 3rd party consultants/teams and getting to the bottom of issues very quickly and finding solutions.
• karmakaze 8y ago
  I agree with this in general. In my personal experience, I haven't found this to be true. In the last 15 years, I may have had two managers I would say were bad and I stayed at one for 3+ years for an opportunity that fell in my lap. Other places with good managers I've left after 18-24 months. I think I've figured out a way to carve a path around bad managers. The reason I typically leave is due to poor upper management. Lack of vision, alignment, or growth opportunities for the company.
• sidlls 8y ago
  There's more to it than that. A bad manager is bad, but a good manager in a company badly managed by the senior leadership might have his or her hands tied, too.
  • Arcsech 8y ago
    This is very true. I really liked my manager at the last job I left, but disagreed strongly with the direction my grandboss and up were taking. If senior leadership is determined to shoot the company in the foot there’s not much that one good manager can do.