{"id":3911,"date":"2020-02-12T19:48:07","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T19:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.big5assessments.com\/blog\/?p=3911"},"modified":"2022-04-25T11:29:31","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T10:29:31","slug":"why-employee-turnover-can-be-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.big5assessments.com\/blog\/employee-turnover\/why-employee-turnover-can-be-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Employee Turnover Can Be Good"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Often we\nspeak of employee turnover in negative terms &#8211; the costs, the upheaval, the\nlack of productivity. But is it always a bad thing? The simple answer is, no.\nEmployee turnover is not always bad. In fact, many modern companies are viewing\nemployee turnover through new eyes, turning it onto its head. Employee\nretention can both a good thing and a bad thing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Good vs Bad Retention<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good\nretention is when a company keeps employees that competitors would want. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bad retention is when you keep employees because they are never challenged and pushed to succeed. In simple terms, employees stay within your company out of complacency, rather than your company being a great one to work for. This is never the fault of the employee. When bad retention takes place, it is always the fault of the company for allowing the workplace to become an environment in which there is no motivation for staff to progress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.big5assessments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-12-at-18.57.13.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3919\" width=\"296\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.big5assessments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-12-at-18.57.13.png 393w, https:\/\/www.big5assessments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-12-at-18.57.13-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.big5assessments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-12-at-18.57.13-298x300.png 298w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Your Retention Figures<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If your\nretention figures are good, it might be worth looking at why employees are\nchoosing to stay with your company. Are they staying with you because you are a\ngreat company to work for, with a challenging, but fulfilling work environment?\nOr, are they choosing to stay because the work is easy? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New\nattitudes suggest that a company\u2019s success should be measured by the employees\nthat they support to progress within their career\u2026 even if that means the\nemployee leaving the company. This is hard for some people to get their heads\naround at first, but the ultimate goal is to create a philosophy within a\ncompany whereby it is celebrated when managers support people to move on and\nprogress. This attitude towards the retention of staff creates an atmosphere\nwhere staff are fulfilled, challenged and are therefore productive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This new\nattitude suggests that retaining the \u2018wrong\u2019 people for your company is\nconsidered to be worse than losing the \u2018right\u2019 ones. Celebrating employees\nmoving on to other challenges is considered to be the key to this approach, by\nsupporting employees to progress and develop, thus enabling them to move onto\nnew pastures, is arguably a badge of honour for a company. Focusing on staff\nengagement promotes this atmosphere and should be a key focus of any company. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Often we speak of employee turnover in negative terms &#8211; the costs, the upheaval, the lack of productivity. But is it always a bad thing? The simple answer is, no. Employee turnover is not always bad. In fact, many modern companies are viewing employee turnover through new eyes, turning it onto its head. 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