It is easy to focus strictly on the negative aspects of employee turnover. Many employers recognize the pitfalls of replacing their staff and easily overlook the positive elements; far too often, this is a result of the s...read more
by Ian Buchanan
There may occasionally be cases in which employee turnover can be positive, but high turnover itself should be a red flag that any reasonable company should be concerned about. It is not healthy to consistently loose emplo...read more
The words "employee turnover" cause managers and business owners to cringe. The thought of finding new employees, spending the time and money to train them, just to have to do it all over again is not at the top of any or...read more
by Berlin Asong
Conventional business practice advocates employers to manage employee turnover rate within the lowest margin possible. Reasons being that employee turnover-describes the percentage of employees who leave their employers ov...read more
by Yvonne Wood
There are many positive elements about having an employee turnover. Some supervisors have to deal with a lot of unnecessary whining from employees who have been around for a long period of time. After a while, those expe...read more
by Mark Butler
There are three types of employee turnover and each has its positive side and unfortunately there is also a negative side. First, we have the employee who decides to retire or through some other life event decides that th...read more
I teach retail management classes to community college marketing and management students and I am often amazed at how little students know about the effects of employee turnover on a retailer. While most students understa...read more
by Derek Rogers
Not so long ago an employee considered that having secured a position the job would be, if not for life certainly for an indefinite period. Now due to changing markets, employment legislation and global activity that secur...read more
by Marie Hurley
There is a good reason why employers view losing employees as a negative experience. Employee turnover costs companies thousands of dollars in recruitment and training costs and current research indicates that it takes at ...read more
by Barry Marcus
Imagine a business that has all the same people working for it as it did 20 years ago. A rather dismal thought. Yet many people get upset when people leave a company. "We should have a party when someone joins, not whe...read more
by Rex Coker
The positive side of employee turn over is a good tool for "Shocking the system" , as I like to call it . Adding a new employee in to the mix , is challenging to the team . To make the change successful , team members will...read more
by Luc Turner
Turnover isn't a bad thing, without it you're DOOMED! Change is a good thing, yet people remain timid when talking about turnover. Companies have largely held the opinion that a lower turnover rate means a better company. ...read more
When I took a management class at my previous job, the four phases of employment were discussed. The first phase was the excited employee who is just starting, eager to please and confident that they are going to do a grea...read more
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