- 67% – Belief in the library’s mission in society
- 64% – Love the work itself
- 32% – Good work environment
- 26% – Love the customers
- 23% – Love my co-workers
- 15% – Good pay/benefits
- 9% – Fear that I’m not qualified for anything else
- 9% – Other
- 7% – Convenience (e.g. job close to home)
- 4% – Laziness (changing jobs is too hard)
- 3% – Holding on a little longer to get vested/get better retirement benefits
I sincerely hope that most of us will stay. But realistically, I think that libraries will be losing many quality library employees to other industries better positioned to reward them. If we do have a comeback as a field, we’re going to have to figure out what we can offer these ex-patriots to motivate them to come back when we need them."
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