Psychological reasons why people return to previous employers (and why they leave in the first place).
The "Boomerang Effect" involves workers who have left their jobs returning to their previous employers.Source: u_eg4olrxbwc / Pixabayto what is being called “the Great Resignation”—workers leaving their jobs to look for better or different employment options. This includes changingpaths, returning to school to ready oneself for a new career, and leaving steady employment to join the “gig economy.
Surprisingly, however, a subset of workers who leave their employers have decided to return to their previous companies, in what is called “the Boomerang Effect.” What is going on?This occurs when a worker chooses to leave their current employer and takes a job elsewhere or pursues a new career opportunity but then later decides to go back to the original employer.
Second, it has been seen as a possible positive thing by employers because it reduces costs associated with onboarding the returning worker and, presumably, because that worker may have enhanced loyalty and bring a fresh perspective to the job.It is a well-known psychological factor that people resist change. We like the familiar—the tried and true. Returning employees feel a sense of comfort in their old jobs and environment.
Before someone decides to change jobs or employers, it makes sense to do a comparative cost-benefit analysis. It is weighing the positives and negatives associated with the old and the prospective position. Collecting valid information about the new possible position might help avoid an employee feeling like they “jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire” and prevent later falling prey to the Boomerang Effect.As the lines between real and fake blur, Americans increasingly chase the idea of authenticity. The first step may be to consider self-knowledge, truthfulness, and other building blocks on the road to personal growth.
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