"Another Young Employee Quits"... Leaving Right After Joining, Is It Because of a Boss’s Abuse Rather Than Salary?

[Financial News] Young workers are leaving companies mainly because of relationships with bosses and colleagues, rather than pay or working conditions.
The Korea Small Business Institute (KOSBI) said on the 7th that it analyzed 314 YouTube vlogs about resigning from small and medium-sized companies posted between February 2020 and February this year. The keyword "connection," which refers to human relationships, appeared 499 times, accounting for 36.9% of the total. The findings were published in the latest issue of the institute's Journal of SME Policy.
The videos included many cases of workplace bullying, conflicts with supervisors, and sudden recommendations to resign.
The researchers found that organizational culture and interpersonal problems had a greater impact on resignations than salary levels. A lack of growth opportunities followed, while working conditions and the ease of changing jobs were also cited as major factors. By contrast, alignment with company values had a relatively smaller effect.
In particular, among the cases in which length of employment could be confirmed, 53.6% of those who quit had worked for less than a year, suggesting that early turnover among new employees is at a serious level. The vlogs repeatedly used words such as "first" and "alone," showing that new hires were experiencing isolation and emotional exhaustion during the adjustment process.
Yong-Hee Kim, a senior researcher at H&C Consulting, said, "There is a need for customized onboarding programs that can supplement the HR management capabilities of small and medium-sized companies," and added, "It is also necessary to consider support measures for companies that introduce them."
y27k@fnnews.com Seo Yoon-kyung Reporter