Clean job exit taken seriously by employees, companies: Survey

Updated on: Thursday, February 09, 2012

A professional and clean exit is being taken seriously by employees as well as managements across all industries in the country, according to a survey by staffing firm TeamLease.

Around 92 per cent of Indians across all industries and cities believe exit policies should be taken seriously and given lot of importance. While Bangalore and Chennai top the list with 99 per cent, employees in Mumbai did not care much, the TeamLease survey said.

"Employees are recognising that the labour markets are a small place and ungraceful exits come back with compound interest later. Adherence to a professional and clean exit is increasingly being seen amongst the work force today," Surabhi Mathur Gandhi, Senior Vice-President, IT Sourcing, TeamLease Services, said.

The survey titled 'Impactful exits' noted that companies are giving increased importance to relieving letter as 23 per cent of companies surveyed said they do not proceed with employment due to unavailability of relieving letter.

"But we don't anticipate relieving certificates becoming a deal breaker for new employers until the skill crisis eases," Gandhi added.

According to the study, better prospects and salary hike motivated employees to quit the incumbent organisation. However, one third of the employees surveyed said they would re-join their organisation if given an opportunity.

Further, according to the study majority of the companies, including the Silicon Valley of India Bangalore, still favour manual exit interviews over online, emphasising the reliance on face-to-face interactions.

Around 78 per cent of employees stressed on having longer notice periods for the company, helping the employees to complete pending work as well as the companies to contract the right candidate.

The survey covered employees in the 8 major cities namely Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune.

The study covered 800 respondents whose profile ranged between the age group of 21-45 years across industries; and functions of sales, marketing, business development, operations, finance, admin/HR, systems (IT) and others.

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