An accountant who quit because her promotion into a six-figure job only stoked her “resentment.” A plumber who started his own shop after getting a raise to $45 an hour at a highly regarded company. A business strategist who left a $200,000 CFO position because the boss kept his promotion a secret from the team.
These might sound like bizarre outliers in America’s career chronicles. In fact, these three workers who spoke with Fortune are part of a new trend, research shows. New data from payroll processor ADP, released this week, show that promotions increase the chance that a person will leave their job. The research found that 29% of workers who were promoted left within a month—compared with just 18% for those who weren’t.
