What is Employee
Turnover Costing Your Bottom-line?
Not sure to what extent turnover is a problem
for your organization, most business leaders and managers may not be keenly
aware of what turnover is costing their organization. We recommend companies add
a line item on their P&Ls for “Turnover Cost” to make everyone aware of the
impact turnover is having their profitability. Knowing how big of a problem one
has goes a long way towards helping you solve it. Most owners/managers know that
employee turnover is costly, but few have ever put the pencil to it,
because they are not sure what costs to include. Below is a helpful guide to
help you determine your actual cost of employee turnover. When you are done, ask
yourself what we should be willing to invest to reduce this expense. If you have
a $100,000 problem and testing will reduce it by 30 - 50%, doesn’t it make sense
to invest $35 - $199 per applicant to recoup $3,625 - $10,000 or more per
employee? Testing represents one of the best Returns on Investments (ROI) a
company can make.
High turnover costs are not isolated to big business. A
small business paying an employee an hourly wage as low as $7.25 per hour incurs
the minimum cost of $3,625.00 (25% x $14,500.00) every time an employee leave
voluntarily or involuntarily. Salaried employee turnover costs range from 1.5
times annual salary to upwards of 14 times annual salary.
Calculate Your Turnover Cost
To automatically calculate turnover cost for specific positions in your organization, enter your data in the boxes below. Each work category (nonexempt, exempt and executive) automatically calculates line 3, 6 and 8 when you click the 'Recalculate" button at the bottom of the page.
Want to do your own calculating, use the worksheets below: