How often do people leave where you work?
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The month I joined my current employer we had 5 people leave out of an office of 20, consquently the CEO and a few other big dicks came over from the main office to interview us all and see what the problem was.
The problem was management, but nothing changed and people still drop off here and there. I'm hoping I'll be next in fact I am looking forward to the look on my managers face when I hand in my resignation, especially as I'm fully booked every single day until February and he'll have to find somewhere to put that work
The problem was management, but nothing changed and people still drop off here and there. I'm hoping I'll be next in fact I am looking forward to the look on my managers face when I hand in my resignation, especially as I'm fully booked every single day until February and he'll have to find somewhere to put that work
AndStilliRise said:
I worked for Accenture once where the turnover rate was 40%.
These companies had a massive focus on recruitment in order to offset the number of people leaving. It was often the case you would never work with the same people on two different projects.
I work for another large IT company, in the past 2 years I've not worked with the same team twice, thats about 15 projects all pre-sales. Some of the lifers come round a few times, but 90% of the team is new ie less than 6 months in the job, or from India.These companies had a massive focus on recruitment in order to offset the number of people leaving. It was often the case you would never work with the same people on two different projects.
I'm leaving in 3 weeks so will just add to the statistics I guess...
Around 5% normal attrition in our 1200 person company ...still thats 50 or 60 people per year ...so long as its not many from the same teams, its ok. If you lose a lot over a period of time in a particular area, it can be an issue
In most large organisations that seems about average, with ups and downs to cope with post acquisition clear out of dead wood and change of strategies...there are so many variables
I remember In the early 2000 post dot com boom, working for one of the "big 5" IT services companies, it shed 3-5000 per year and we didn't notice much ...its like a continuous flow in and out. You go there, get what you want, either carve a career for yourself or be one of those that moves on with a lot of experience......
In most large organisations that seems about average, with ups and downs to cope with post acquisition clear out of dead wood and change of strategies...there are so many variables
I remember In the early 2000 post dot com boom, working for one of the "big 5" IT services companies, it shed 3-5000 per year and we didn't notice much ...its like a continuous flow in and out. You go there, get what you want, either carve a career for yourself or be one of those that moves on with a lot of experience......
High staff turnover where I work. The wages are dire so they tend to attract graduates who need something on their CV and leave for places that pay properly once they've got it. The only ones who stick around are some long-termers who are cruising to retirement, a small number whose skills aren't much in demand locally so can't move companies easily and, of course, the directors who are among the minority who are actually paid enough.
Edited by MitchT on Monday 13th October 13:36
AndStilliRise said:
I worked for Accenture once where the turnover rate was 40%.
These companies had a massive focus on recruitment in order to offset the number of people leaving. It was often the case you would never work with the same people on two different projects.
Doesn't seem too bad to me. I always worked to the principle that in IT you need to move on every two years or so to get decent pay rises (>30%). I'd probably have moved on quicker than usual with Accenture!These companies had a massive focus on recruitment in order to offset the number of people leaving. It was often the case you would never work with the same people on two different projects.
I went contracting in the end. It must be near enough impossible to keep a low turnover of good staff in IT.
I'm sure I read the median period staff were retained even at Google was between one and two years.
Edited by CAFEDEAD on Monday 13th October 13:36
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