# 47% of Surveyed U.S. Workers Said They Had Abruptly Quit Jobs

By John Kim

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Published: 2026-10-24T19:05:15.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-24T19:05:15.000Z
Section: Business

> The March 2025 poll found toxic workplaces and poor management among the leading reasons. Its tenure figures do not establish that most had worked for years before leaving.

A March 2025 survey of 3,600 U.S. workers employed full or part time found that 47% had abruptly left a job to express dissatisfaction. Toxic workplaces and poor management were among the most common reasons listed.

The result does not specify when those departures happened. It therefore does not show how many workers quit during 2025 or how often abrupt exits are happening now. The finding describes the surveyed group and does not establish the same share among all U.S. workers.

A toxic work environment was listed by 32% of respondents, followed by poor management or leadership at 31% and feeling disrespected or undervalued at 23%. Other reported reasons were unmet promises or expectations (5%), low pay or lack of benefits (4%), poor work-life balance (3%) and lack of career growth (2%).

A separate tenure breakdown lists 18% who stayed more than two years before quitting, 10% who stayed one to two years, 9% who stayed six to 12 months and 17% who left within six months. The denominator for those figures is unspecified, and the listed categories add up to 54%. They do not establish a complete tenure distribution or show that a majority had worked at their jobs for years before leaving.

More than half of respondents, 57%, said they had seen at least one coworker quit abruptly. The poll also found that 87% considered abrupt quitting justified in a poor work environment. That included 52% who viewed it as a valid form of protest and 35% who said it was justified only in extreme cases.

The respondents were employed full or part time and came from different industries, age groups, genders and education levels. The survey used yes-or-no, single-selection and multiple-choice questions. Its findings describe respondents’ answers; they do not establish how common these experiences or views are among all U.S. workers.