Sat.Dec 15, 2012 - Fri.Dec 21, 2012

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La Rosa’s Pizzeria: Putting People First

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Gregory P. Smith. . The service and food industry probably has the lowest retention and highest turnover of all the industries in the United States. The reasons for this are varied, but a lot of it can be attributed to low pay, long hours, weekends and a workforce that is perceived to be low caliber and/or low skill. Rightly or wrongly, this leads to an industry facing constant turnover and managers who find themselves frustrated and in some cases reluctant to make fundamental change to the way

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High Morale Doesn’t Guarantee Employee Retention

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Employee Retention Strategies. Here is a portion of an artcile written by Rebecca R. Hastings, SPHR that appeared on the SHRM.org website. High morale may not correlate with retention, recent studies suggest. Consider these seemingly contradictory results: Eighty-one percent of 443 U.S. based employees described morale at their organization as “very good” or “good” in a November 2012 Accountemps survey.

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