The Great Commitment
The Great Commitment
Over the past two years we’ve been hearing a lot about The Great Resignation, or as some would call it, The Great Reassessment. This is a trend that reflects the record number of people who are switching jobs, revaluating their work roles, and reprioritizing their lives. A recent Harris Poll in partnership with USA Today found that:
- 1 in 5 employees who quit their jobs during the last two years regret it, and a like number are remorseful about starting their new job.
- Only 1 in 4 new employees say they like their new role enough to stay.
- And 1 in 3 recently hired employees are already looking for a new job.
- About 1 in 3 miss their work life balance or say the new position is different than they expected.
- About 1 in 4 realize they didn’t fully evaluate the new role before accepting it or miss their prior employer’s workplace culture.
- From another perspective, about 39% of employerssay the person they hired didn’t meet their usual qualifications.
- And according to LinkedIn’s Economic Graph Team, an increasing number, 4.3% of new hires are boomerang employees, returning to their former employers, on average 17 months later. Several workers are even offering tips on social media on how to ask for your old job back.
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How exciting! You’re about to start your new role — a promotion, a new organization, a new team. You know the first 3 to 6 months will be intense as you get your bearings and try to figure out your new environment. And if your work responsibilities are remote or hybrid, you’ll have to employ some different strategies to acclimate to the position.
Imagine that you’ve just been promoted to lead your first team. Some of you will have to reach back in your memory bank to think about this. Others are looking forward to that moment, with a mixture of anticipation and trepidation. Because until you sit in that chair, you don’t quite know what it’s going to be like.