Revenge quitting” is an emerging trend where employees voice their dissatisfaction with their job situation before heading abruptly out the door. A new survey from Software Finder found that 93% of employees are frustrated with their current role. Their top issues include a lack of salary increases, feeling undervalued, and a lack of growth opportunities within their current organization.
While just 4% of employees intend to quit without notice this year, it’s still something HR should be addressing, says Shane Elahi, chief operating officer at Software Finder. When an employee quits, it can be destabilizing to the entire team, he says.
“Revenge quitting puts HR managers in an arduous position as they need to make both urgent and intentional long-term retention plays,” Elahi says. “HR leaders have to move fast in areas of pay, career development, and feeling stuck, otherwise talent can be lost abruptly, team stability threatened, and hiring cycles repeated again.”
While it may be satisfying to quit, many employees don’t feel they have that option either, due to current economic environment: 27% feel that economic or other external factors are keeping them trapped in jobs that aren’t a good fit for them, and 35% fear the impact of the current Trump administration will keep them from finding a better role.
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Source : https://www.benefitnews.com/news/employees-plan-to-revenge-quit-in-2025