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This is Why People Leave Your Company

Carly Guthrie · First Round Review Free Intermediate

Winning the hire is wasted if your best engineers leave in a year, and this piece digs into why people actually quit. Lack of growth now outranks pay as a reason people go, which is directly actionable for a small team. Read it to build the retention muscle that keeps you from re-hiring the same seat.

• Lack of growth, not just pay, is a leading reason people leave
• Many quits happen early and trace to a gap between the pitch and the reality
• Retention is built through the everyday manager relationship, not perks