People quit for a variety of reasons, with the supervisor being just one factor. The job itself may be bad. The commute may be lousy. Health issues, stress, family situations, an unexpected financial windfall, an inheritance, lack of raises, or limited promotion opportunities...any of these can influence someone's decision, and most are completely outside a supervisor's control. The only thing a supervisor can control is how they treat people i.e being kind, treating employees like human beings, encouraging work-life balance, making reasonable demands, and providing them some meaningful goals or objectives to meet. DW and HR are incredibly small-minded to believe the supervisor is the one and only factor in another human being's deeply personal, life-altering decision to leave what they once thought of as their "forever" job. Can somebody please put the CEO on a PIP?
Performance concerns:
Poor understanding of employee morale.
Limited connection to day-to-day reality.
Repeated failure to improve organizational engagement.
Performance objectives:
Demonstrate a working understanding of employee morale.
Development plan: Spend six months working as an individual contributor.
We'll reassess in 90 days.