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title: "Understanding Restaurant Manager Turnover"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/360f3cd8-1464-46a2-bc4f-2a5681cd25c8
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/articles/understanding_restaurant_manager_turnover.html
author: "Multi-Unit Franchisee"
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
published: 2018-03-27T08:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:10:23.685Z
image: https://imgs.franchising.com/art/articles/3812_plate.jpg
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# Understanding Restaurant Manager Turnover

**TL;DR:** A survey by Gecko Hospitality found that the top reasons for restaurant managers to leave their jobs include better opportunity, unemployment, relocation, dissatisfaction, and lack of growth. The study examined 2,000 restaurant professionals and identified 10 lifestyle issues that cause people to leave their jobs.

*By Multi-Unit Franchisee, originally published in Franchising.com on 2018-03-27. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/articles/understanding_restaurant_manager_turnover.html).*

## Story

Operating franchise restaurants is not for the faint of heart, especially when it comes to finding and keeping great employees. You've likely been there when you have groomed the perfect manager only to find them hightailing it to the next job and leaving you holding the bag and looking for someone to run the restaurant. There are no easy answers, but a new survey by Gecko Hospitality sheds some light on the triggers that can lead to managers abandoning ship.

The study examined 2,000 restaurant professionals and identified 10 lifestyle issues that cause people to leave their jobs. Two lists - one for male managers and one for female managers - were compiled. The top five reasons for both men and women to leave their restaurant jobs were: better opportunity, unemployed, relocation, not satisfied, and no growth.

Interestingly, leaving a job for monetary reasons was far down the list for women and doesn't even show up on the men's list.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- Multi-Unit Franchisee (person)
- restaurant management (topic)
- employee turnover (topic)
- lifestyle issues (topic)

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Originally reported by Multi-Unit Franchisee, Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/articles/understanding_restaurant_manager_turnover.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/360f3cd8-1464-46a2-bc4f-2a5681cd25c8).