08. Employee Retention

High employee turnover increases cost in resources, recruiting, and time when replacing open positions. Expense to the organization for recruiting a new employee costs half to 200% of the former employee’s salary (Hebenstreit, 2008). The increased cost related to recruitment includes advertising and overlapping of salary; making it difficult to maintain positive employee culture and morale. High employee turnover also leads to missed opportunities for meeting production matrices and budgets set within the departments, adding additional cost to the organization. A report distributed by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM, 2004) states that 75% of employees are actively seeking a different job. This high percentage should alert employers whose bottom line is dependent on employee productivity. The survey shares that 43% are looking for a new job to receive better compensation, 32% for better career opportunities and 22% are dissatisfied with opportunities at their curre...