Communicating poorly, overworking your team, micromanaging, showing no appreciation—these are classic bad boss behaviors that could be costing you great employees. 

These days, it isn’t uncommon for workers to jump ship every two to three years, and some younger millennials have no qualms about finding better work after just a few months under your roof. While some employers have resigned themselves to constantly looking for new hires, you might not be fortunate enough to be able to afford interminable talent searching—which means you need to take action to keep your employees around.

Happy employees almost never leave their jobs, which means if you have especially high attrition rates, there must be something about your workplace—or you—that is terribly irksome. The following eight issues are some of the most common causes of employee dissatisfaction around the country, and it’s likely you are perpetrating at least one.

The following eight issues are some of the most common causes of employee dissatisfaction around the country, and it’s likely you are perpetrating at least one.