> Companies complaining about job hopping are basically complaining that they can't get away with paying their employees too little for too much work. Pay and

> Companies complaining about job hopping are basically complaining that they can't get away with paying their employees too little for too much work. Pay and hours worked is really only one part of the equation, but this is pretty much right. Complaining won’t do anything to solve retention problems though. > Then again, every employee who's overworked and underpaid is proof that they are getting away with it. This really depends on your definition of “getting away with it”. If continuing to perpetuate the problems that cause it, at great expense to the business is “getting away with it”, then I guess your right. You could “get away with” never going to work again, if you were prepared to accept the costs of being destitute for the rest of your life. However I think you’ll find there’s a large number of companies that have been forced to improve their practices in order to remain competitive. Anecdotally speaking, it’s why I personally won’t get out of bed for less than 4 figures after tax per day, and why I’d be incredibly reluctant to work in an office that didn’t provide me with free food, coffee and other drinks.