Re:How much does employee turnover really cost?
by pdimitar on Friday January 20, 2017 @10:20PM
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> By the time it gets to a counter-offer stage,
> it's often too late.
This is something that has to be taught to all HR / management people. I can't count how many times I've seen this during my career; it was one of the most, if not the most, recurring tendency everywhere I was working.
Truth be told, HR/managers are people like everybody else: when things go smoothly, they don't proactively analyze if somebody is unhappy (but they're not showing it right now). However, I think this should be a part of their job.
HR/management really can borrow some wisdom from us the programmers: we not only ask why something isn't working, we also ask why something is working. They should adopt similar approach and never get too comfortable and automatically assume people are the happiest they can be simply because they are quiet.
Truth be told, HR/managers are people like everybody else: when things go smoothly, they don't proactively analyze if somebody is unhappy (but they're not showing it right now). However, I think this should be a part of their job.
HR/management really can borrow some wisdom from us the programmers: we not only ask why something isn't working, we also ask why something is working. They should adopt similar approach and never get too comfortable and automatically assume people are the happiest they can be simply because they are quiet.