30 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
The university does not offer salaries that are competitive with other local employers for information technology
positions. The tuition benefits help compensate for the salary issues, but we have a higher turnover in this job category
than for others.
There is a lot of turnover among exempt staff and supervisors as well as clerical staff who move on to better
positions elsewhere.
We have very little turnover or retention issues. Most employee have been here 25, 30, 35 years.
11. Please select the top three reasons employees leave your library. N=50
Retirement 35 70%
Other library employment opportunities 33 66%
Other employment opportunities outside of libraries 21 42%
Salary 15 30%
Geographic location 8 16%
Failure to attain promotion 6 12%
Work environment 3 6%
Relationship with supervisor 3 6%
Position responsibilities 3 6%
Local cost of living 3 6%
Failure to attain tenure or permanent status 2 4%
Benefits package 1 2%
Reputation of the institution 1 2%
Support of professional development 0
Employee engagement 0
Relationship with colleagues 0
Sabbatical, professional, or research leave 0
Flexible work scheduling 0
Faculty status 0
Other reason 13 26%
Please briefly describe the other reason(s). N=13
59% leave for personal reasons, for example family- or medical-related.
Better opportunities for the person’s spouse
Following spouse to other positions
Health-related end of long-term disability benefits
Impact of change in duties and direction as a result of restructuring
Long-term disability
Personal circumstances
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