WHY EMPLOYEES LEAVE ORGANISATIONS ? – Azim Premji, CEO- Wipro

Every company faces the problem of people leaving the company for better pay or profile.
Early this year, Mark, a senior software designer, got an offer from a prestigious international firm to work in its India operations developing specialized software. He was thrilled by the offer.
He had heard a lot about the CEO. The salary was great. The company had all the right systems in place employee-friendly human resources (HR) policies, a spanking new office,and the very best technology,even a canteen that served superb food.
Twice Mark was sent abroad for training. “My learning curve is the sharpest it’s ever been,” he said soon after he joined.
Last week, less than eight months after he joined, Mark walked out of the job.

Why did this talented employee leave ?

Arun quit for the same reason that drives many good people away.
The answer lies in one of the largest studies undertaken by the Gallup Organization. The study surveyed over a million employees and 80,000 managers and was published in a book called “First Break All The Rules”. It came up with this surprising finding:
If you’re losing good people, look to their immediate boss ..Immediate boss is the reason people stay and thrive in an organization. And he ’s the reason why people leave. When people leave they take knowledge,experience and contacts with them, straight to the competition.
“People leave managers not companies,” write the authors Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman.
Mostly manager drives people away?
HR experts say that of all the abuses, employees find humiliation the most intolerable. The first time, an employee may not leave,but a thought has been planted. The second time, that thought gets strengthened. The third time, he looks for another job.
When people cannot retort openly in anger, they do so by passive aggression. By digging their heels in and slowing down. By doing only what they are told to do and no more. By omitting to give the boss crucial information. Dev says: “If you work for a jerk, you basically want to get him into trouble. You don ‘t have your heart and soul in the job.”
Different managers can stress out employees in different ways – by being too controlling, too suspicious,too pushy, too critical, but they forget that workers are not fixed assets, they are free agents. When this goes on too long, an employee will quit – often over a trivial issue.

Talented men leave. Dead wood doesn’t.

“Jack Welch of GE once said. A company’s value lies “between the ears of its employees”.

What Does Your Headache Mean?

Believe it or not, headaches come from more places than just a bottle of _________ (insert your own personal poison here). Getting to know what type of headache you have can oftentimes help with the remedy. At least that’s what our witch doctor told us. Admittedly, most of us are not medical school savvy, but all of us have been hit with a pulsating in the cranium. We’re here to take a peak at the where, whys, and hows of your headache, and how to get rid of that thing.

Tension Headaches

This is a pretty common head pounder among us humans. Tension can come from many places — mom on your voicemail, mom needing computer advice, girlfriend wants you to meet her dumb friends, traffic, that damn Rubix Cube — but it all eventually can lead to the same place: your head. Most people complain that tension headaches stem from work or visiting family members, and we’re not going to argue with that data. However, many tension headaches result from you slouching like you’re sitting in 8th grade History class. The tension settles in your back, then moves to your neck. When the 4pm vodka wears off, the head will absorb the pain.

Medical Keywords Involved You Won’t Understand: Blood Flow Restriction, Nerve Ending Irritation.

Quick Fix Relief: It sounds boring, but Ibuprofen 3 or 4 at a time is the quick route to Easyville in this case.

Hangover Headache

Well, none of us have had this type of headache, now have we? This is that 7:15am ‘good morning to reality’ we’ve all been privy to. More than a few times. Like, maybe daily. This is usually accompanied with an overall gross feeling from your head down to your toes. It’s no secret what causes this: lots and lots of drinking the evening/early morning before you wake up. Some people are blessed with the ability to drink their life away and not get the dreaded head ailment. But most of us regular people hate life the day after a solid bender.

Medical Keywords Involved You Won’t Understand: Restraint.

Quick Fix Relief: Hair of the dog is easily the best remedy. Bloody Marys and Screwdrivers are the easiest to hack, but there is no wrong decision here. Except maybe Jager Bombs.

Migraine Headaches

These are the ‘chick named Natalie who kinda’ wanted to make out with you, but ended up drinking all the Cinnamon Schnapps during senior trip and called you a pillow biter in front of your entire class’ type of headaches. And it’s a recurring dream. This type of headache will steal several hours out of your day and many people are plagued by them for their entire life. The term comes from hemicrania, which is a Greek work that means "half of the head.” Some doctor somewhere said that migraines actually cover around 70% of the head. And the fact that we only use 10% of our brains means…that…um…what was the question?

Medical Keywords Involved You Won’t Understand: Trigeminal nerve. Apparently it’s in your head.

Quick Fix Relief: Hippocrates said something about vomiting easing the pain. Hmmm…drink much?

Cluster Headaches

This could be called the no afternoon headache, because it usually only hits in the morning or late at night. It is described as a vicious skull kicker and arrives with no warning — while lasting around an hour. These bastards hit mostly during Spring or Fall, so they are sometimes (wrongly) associated with allergies. Damn, we sound smart, right?  The bitch about these headaches is they truly do come in clusters. They will come and go throughout the day/week and last the same amount throughout the day. Oh yeah, and about 80% more guys get them than chicks. Yet another thing we can be pissed off about.

Medical Keywords Involved You Won’t Understand: We stopped listening when percentages entered the picture — how about you?

Quick Fix Relief: See that pub across the street from the office? One shot of whiskey and a beer every fifteen minutes. The second headache in the cluster will never arrive…

Piercing F***ing Noises Headaches

Crying babies. That’ll do it. Sitting by the speakers at a Scorpions concert could also do the trick. Loud noises can cause headaches because the vibrations are irritating to the eardrums and we learned in 5th grade Science that the eardrums are kinda’ close to the brain. Hence,headache. Not everyone gets head cramps from loud noises, but the overly sensitive peeps do (aka, pussies).

Medical Keywords Involved You Won’t Understand: Phonophobia.

Quick Fix Relief: Amitriptyline tablets (also good for depression).

Smells & Stuff Headaches

Some say that getting a headache from things like paint fumes and super glue means the medicine is working. But in reality, these headaches mean your brain is kicking a few billion cells out the back door. Luckily for most, these skull pains are fleeting and usually disappear within a few minutes. The cause can be smells, but taste has been known to also play a role in these type of headaches. Allergies can be to blame in some cases, but anyone can be affected on any given day. Unless you don’t have a brain. Which if you are reading this…

Medical Keywords Involved You Won’t Understand: Sniffingglueitus

Quick Fix Relief: Fresh air and water will kill it fairly quickly.

Rebound Headaches

This is usually a daily headache. Otherwise known as your job and mundane life. Seriously, though, people do suffer from these daily pounders and they are often caused from taking too much medication to relieve — wait for it — headaches. It’s the Catch 22 of head pain. These are most closely related to migraines and tension headaches not properly diagnosed, and that are being treated by taking ‘regular’ headache medicine. They unfortunately never get completely squashed. This migraine relative will not be as severe as normal, but the resulting rebound will still be a pain in your ass…er, head.

Is Marriage Good or Bad for Your Health?

The short answer is that it depends. The long answer is coming up after this sentence. The National Institutive of Health has funded a study called the Early Years of Marriage (EYM) to study the what happens to the bodies and minds of newly-married couples as they make their way through the early years of their union. 

How much sex did they have? How good was it? What health problems cropped up, for whom, and at what times? They’ve been following these couples for over a quarter of a century and the data is out. And, it turns out, if you want to live forever, you better make sure your marriage is happy. 

Dr. Terri Orbuch, the director of the EYM, has distilled the data from these 25 years of experience into some helpful tips to keep you and your partner happy, healthy, and frisky for years to come. 

• Don’t shy away from conflict. Couples who reported that they "never disagree" about 6 topics–money, own family, spouse’s family, leisure time, religious beliefs, and children–were less happy over time than couples who reported conflict. Health tip: Ignoring conflict causes toxic emotions to build up, leading to serious health problems like hypertension. 
  Made Man Tip:  If something is bothering you, get it off your chest. Disagreeing isn’t arguing. Just make sure you don’t become unreasonable or too-loud in your discussion.

• Keep relationship talk to a minimum. Happily married couples spend little time in conscious relationship maintenance or talk. Husbands, in particular, are more likely to be unhappy if there’s frequent relationship talk, which they associate with marital problems. Health tip: Be more empathetic and less analytical with your spouse. Mutual empathy promotes calmness, which leads to better sleep and less illness. 
  Made Man Tip: Subscribe to a newspaper, get a membership at a museum, or commit to seeing one new movie a week so you’ve got something current and/or artistic to talk about. That way you won’t have to hem and haw about how she never closes the bathroom door all the way when she pees.

• Affirm your partner often. A whopping 74 percent of the happy couples said their spouses "often" made them feel good about the kind of person they are (as opposed to 27 percent of moderately happy or unhappy couples). Health tip: Frequently tell and show your partner that you like and admire him or her. Partners who feel well-loved and secure have less depression. 
  Made Man Tip: Physical manifestations of this work, too. Our favorite, of course, is grabbing a little caboose. 

• Focus on good sex, not lots of it. In a surprising finding, 75 percent of happy couples said they were satisfied with their sex life, even though sex became less frequent over time. Eight out of 10 couples reported sex was as good as or better than when they first met. Health tip: Learn to satisfy each other in bed. Good sex balances mood, reduces menopausal symptoms, and lowers the risk of several cancers in both genders. 
  Made Man Tip: Here’s all you need to know about good sex: What to eat for better sex, how the rich have sex, having sex on drugs, and sex myths you shouldn’t believe.

• Live in peace with in-laws. When a spouse doesn’t get along with his or her partner’s family, it erodes happiness in the marriage. Among happy couples, both wives and husbands got along with their in-laws. Health tip: Patching up your in-law relationships reduces marital stress, and less stress fortifies the immune system.
  Made Man Tip: This one is a coin flip. When we asked everybody in our office if they gave a sh*t what the in-laws thought, the vote was split.