http://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/archive/2006/09/13/employee_retention_reasons_employees_resign_quit_not_money.aspxNearly 90% of bosses think their employees quit to make more money. That means nearly 90% of bosses are wrong. Studies show these are the seven “real” reasons:en-USCommunityServer 2.0 (Debug Build: 60217.2664)http://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/archive/2006/09/13/employee_retention_reasons_employees_resign_quit_not_money.aspx#113Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:45:46 GMTd41f1d89-8bcd-45c6-82d9-dc5c7ed081a0:113Carol KleineYour hit the nail on the head with #1.  Our comoany hires mostly highly educated, highly skilled employees who's first complaint is they feel like they have gone backwords as they are not allowed to make one decision.  When you step in to coverhttp://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/archive/2006/09/13/employee_retention_reasons_employees_resign_quit_not_money.aspx#122Mon, 18 Sep 2006 21:20:54 GMTd41f1d89-8bcd-45c6-82d9-dc5c7ed081a0:122Jay SchleiferTrue true… have you ever noticed that the managers in the high turnover areas are always the first and loudest to proclaim its due purely to compensation? Roxanne Polk Assistant Director, Human Resources John F. Kennedy Universityhttp://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/archive/2006/09/13/employee_retention_reasons_employees_resign_quit_not_money.aspx#136Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:50:54 GMTd41f1d89-8bcd-45c6-82d9-dc5c7ed081a0:136Donna StewartI think #4, #5 and #7 go hand in hand. If you believe you have no potential for career growth it will directly affect how valued you feel as an employee. If your management team is only interested in growing their business but not their people, not onlyhttp://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/archive/2006/09/13/employee_retention_reasons_employees_resign_quit_not_money.aspx#333Mon, 05 Mar 2007 16:11:46 GMTd41f1d89-8bcd-45c6-82d9-dc5c7ed081a0:333Jayne MathewsWhile these are all very good points that I agree with; I continue to have employees during an exit interview say they left for more money.  As I continue through the exit interview process, it most often appears that it wasn't in fact money but