Why employees are leaving: the illusion of a “ready specialist” and the reality of the market?

Today employers have split into two camps. Some don’t want to hire students and zoomers because “they’re irresponsible and run away quickly.” Others firmly believe in an illusion: “We’ll buy a person with experience, he’ll immediately get to the machine, spare us training costs and will work forever.” But in practice the system repeatedly runs idle. The result is one — there is no working person in the company, the position stays vacant, processes stall. What is the main systemic error of business? 1. The illusion of a “ready” employee Business forgets that each company has its own closed loop, its own B2B principles, internal software and methods of work. Hidden nuances of processes are not written in a résumé. Everyone and always has to dive into the structure and retrain to your format — regardless of seniority. 2. Experienced personnel — even more demanding A specialist with background and visual exposure brings his own personal baggage and habits. He knows his market value precisely. If he arrives and sees chaos inside the company, an operational swamp and a toxic atmosphere, he will turn around and leave even faster than a student. He definitely won’t adapt to someone else’s mess. 3. Speed mismatch: Human vs. Matter We live in an era of high adaptability. The younger generation and zoomers have proven: changing a few jobs a year is normal for them, they instantly absorb skills. The speed of thinking and learning in people has increased manyfold. But the economic “matter” of companies hopelessly lags behind. Business is mired in bureaucracy, paperwork, routine and fears. People look for a place to realize their potential, but end up in a dead, mechanical system where they practically lose the right to choose. Why is ordinary psychology powerless here? A psychologist works with a client as an isolated individual: gives them a support, lays out triggers and illusions. The person gets wings, returns home… and with a big swing smashes his head against the concrete wall of the previous reality. It only hurts more, because he has realized the dead end, but the external environment has not changed. The problem is not the age of candidates nor their résumés. The problem is what happens inside the company itself. It is impossible to change the result by changing only people (Point A). The business system itself (Point B) must change accordingly. As long as companies search for ideal “robots” instead of creating a healthy work environment, personnel will slip through their fingers.