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“I Quit”: Why Employees Quit and How to Retain Them

HR Digest

The most skilled and experienced employees are in constant pursuit of a good career. A high attrition rate is a costly challenge for any business. While sizeable pay packages and bombastic job titles do account for many resignation emails , so do reasons such as stingy benefits and changing career goals. No career growth.

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The Best Ways Your Organization Can Support Working Parents

Harvard Business Review

What are their attrition patterns? It didn’t find attrition immediately after maternity leave, but there was a previously unseen pattern of departures 12–18 months afterward. Among working parents, this practice is particularly dangerous, leading to burnout, family issues, performance decline, or attrition.