What to Do when You Find out Your Direct Report Is Looking for a New Job
- The Career Mint Team
- Jul 12, 2016
- 1 min read
First things first, when a direct report is looking for a job, ask yourself whether or not this employee is someone you’d like to have stick around. With this in mind, start to investigate. Ask him probing questions. Is he satisfied? Is there something he would like to see changed? These questions will likely put him on high alert…good, good. No surprises for anyone.
If you’re not interested in encouraging the employee to stay, make everyone’s lives easier by letting him go. You’re both on the same page anyways.
If you want (need) him to remain on your team, you already have the answers about how to make him happier there. Fix what you can. Write a new contract.
HOWEVER, it’s not always worth it to keep someone who doesn’t want to be around. If it’s a money incentive, keep in mind that money doesn’t often solve underlying issues. The employee might actually just take your extra money and continue to look for new jobs—but now at a higher premium.
Save the save-the-employee option for the rare cases when your company needs the person to stick around; otherwise everyone will be coming to you with things they think can be fixed by pretending to run away.
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