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Why quitting from your job?

 In the last 6 months, there are 4 out of 18 people resigning from my department. In average, 1 person resigned every 1.5 month. Is it normal? Or is there something terribly wrong?

Following is my observation. The reasons they choose to work in the new company or to open his/her own business are:
1. Higher salary
2. Better benefits (health care, travel allowance, etc)
3. Flexible time and higher income

In summary, the reason of resigning from your job is MONEY.

There are so many self-help book about motivation at work that says money is not the real motivation. True! Our productivity at work depends on many factors other than money: the people, work environment, company's culture, job significance, career advancement, appreciation, etc. Our performance can be high or low based on those factors. But, what makes people decide to stay or leave is back to its root: monetary factor.

We never know what the new company's environment and culture would be like other than what is being said by the interviewer. Thus, our decision is made based on tangible factors.

For bosses out there, it is important to create a conducive work environment by providing intangible benefits. However, reviewing tangible benefit is no less important than the previous one.

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Stop Trying to Please Everybody

It's one of may favorite daily devotional. It's experienced by many as a result of intense social pressure. Although I'm not a person that does not give a damn to what others think, I have to admit that sometimes it affects me too. Hopefully, this devotional will become a great reminder for us.
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When we worry about what other people think, we let them control us. We waste a lot of time and energy trying to figure out what other people want us to be. Then, we waste a lot of time and energy trying to become like that rather than just being what God made us to be. You're manipulated and controlled by somebody else.

Worrying about what other people think is dangerous because we’re more likely to cave in to criticism. It means we don't always do the right thing; instead, we do the thing that everybody wants us to do.

And we’re in danger of missing God's best because we're so worried about what other people what us to do that we can't stop to think about what God wants us to do.

• Fact #1: You cannot please everybody. Even God can't please everybody. One person prays for it to rain; another prays for it to be sunny. In the Super Bowl, both teams are praying that they will win. Who is God going to answer? God can't please everybody. Only a fool would try to do what even God can't do. You can't please everybody.

• Fact #2: It's not necessary to please everybody. There is a myth that says you must be loved and approved by everybody in order to be happy. That's just not true. You don't have to please everybody in order to be happy in life.

• Fact #3: Rejection will not ruin your life. It hurts, sure. It's not fun. It's uncomfortable. But rejection will not ruin your life unless you let it. 

Quit trying to please everybody! Remember that nobody can make you feel inferior unless you give them permission.

The Apostle Paul says, “If God is for us, who can be against us?” (Romans 8:31 TEV) This means we can think like this: ‘God likes me, and I like me; if you don't like me, then you've got a problem. If God likes me, who cares that everybody doesn't approve of everything I do.’

Remember, nothing you ever do will make God love you less. Nothing you ever do will make God love you more. He loves you completely right now!

Source: http://www.purposedriven.com/article.do?method=articlePage&contentId=201906