The Four Big Reasons Why 99% Of People Quit Their Jobs

Dec 31, 2015

This article is part of a series called Classic TLNT.

Editor’s Note: It’s an annual tradition for TLNT to count down the most popular posts of the year. This is No. 8 of 2015. Our regular content will return on Jan. 4, 2016.

There’s a million ways to lose your job — layoffs, company closes, smacking an employee on the butt.

You name it and someone has lost their job over it!

The reality is, though, that most people leave their jobs on their own terms and it has nothing to do with more money or a higher level job.

In fact, there are four (4) main ways people leave their jobs:

Reason No. 1 – Crappy Boss

Almost anyone who has left my company has left because they didn’t like me, or I didn’t like them. Well, to be honest, I probably didn’t like the way they were performing.

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