Almost 25 Percent Of Tech Workers Regret Accepting Their Jobs

Getting a high-paying job at a tech company is a goal for many, but how good is it, really? A recent survey showed almost a quarter of employees at some of the biggest tech companies regret taking their jobs.

Almost a quarter of the more than 10,000 employees at companies like Microsoft, Facebook, Uber, Intel, Google and LinkedIn who were surveyed indicated they regretted taking their jobs.

The survey was conducted by Blind, which is a website and app for tech employees where they can communicate anonymously with each other about their jobs. More than 23 percent of the Blind users responded affirmatively to this statement within the survey: "I regret accepting my job at my current company."

One company took a hard hit. According to the survey, the tech company with the highest rate of employee regret was Snap, with 39.2 percent.

Oracle had the next highest percentage with 32.1, followed by Intel with 32 percent.

The companies with the lowest percentages of regretful employees were Facebook, LinkedIn and Google. Just 12 percent of Facebook’s employees who participated in the Blind survey expressed regret.

Another question the Blind survey takers said yes to was: "Do you suffer from imposter syndrome?" More than half of the respondents indicated they do, specifically 58 percent.

In an interview with the San Jose Mercury News, Sunguk Moon, TeamBlind’s CEO and co-founder, said Blind has 40,000 Microsoft employees, 20,000 Amazon employees and 10,000 Google employees, amongst others.

Blind sends surveys to its users on a regular basis. In February, it collected data on the subject of workplace sexual harassment. In October, one was sent about expressing political views in the workplace.

Employee turnover is costly for companies, making this data valuable.

Jake Richardson contributed to this report