I worked at a company that needed help at a few of these. 4) To save a few $, they made EVERY employee do cleaning duties. Take out the trash, clean the frid

I worked at a company that needed help at a few of these. 4) To save a few $, they made EVERY employee do cleaning duties. Take out the trash, clean the fridge and microwave, etc. This caused no end of strife, and couldn't possibly have been worth the little money they saved. 7) Politics were awesome initially, but then the CEO's friend was promoted to being a manager. After a major screwup, the CEO moved the guilt from the manager to EVERYONE under him. For not going over his head when he was making a mistake. The politics were made obvious at that point. 8) I often did NOT know what the company was doing for me behind the scenes. I only saw the things they failed to do, and had little appreciation for the things they did. I'm sure they thought they were just keeping me from being bothered, but they really should have tooted their own horn a bit here. In the end, these were factors in my leaving, but not the biggest one. Pay was the biggest. So I'll add to your list: 9. Pay them appropriately. If you don't, they're clever enough to find someone who will.