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Why did you leave your last job?

Survey period: 19 May 2014 to 26 May 2014

(Suggested by Duncan Edwards Jones)

OptionVotes% 
Lack of opportunity26313.76
Management issues39320.55
Problems with the way they code623.24
Stagnation1608.37
Money28915.12
Office environment884.60
Work Location1035.39
Fired with cause261.36
Fired due to downsizing / restructuring21411.19
Other32316.89



 
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Jason Hutchinson21-May-14 7:26
professionalJason Hutchinson21-May-14 7:26 
I voted for money, but the root cause was ultimately management. Dead | X| In the private sector, salaries are a very sensitive issue. Many companies, including the one I left had a (draconian) policy which strictly forbid sharing your salary with penalty of death termination.

Companies like this typically have a salary range which is also kept secret for a particular position, so it is difficult to tell how your pay relates to your peers.

In these companies, they also don't promote and/or give salary increases automatically. The management claims this is based on merit, but more often it is based on some kind of whimsical decision such as how much they like you instead of evaluating the kind of work you produce.

I myself, was in a bad situation where my peers were getting promoted over me (even though I have been there longer) and given bigger raises because of a perceived notion that they were somehow better programmers (which they weren't). It soon became clear that the situation would not improve, so I found another position which pays more than any of them. Cool | :cool:

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