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QUESTIONNAIRE Name………………….. Age………………. Tenure……………… Sex……………….. Post……………… Contact No………….. Instruction: Mark ( √ ) which you prefer. 1. What according to you are the types of employee turnover? a) Functional turnover b) Dysfunctional turnover c) Avoidable turnover d) Unavoidable turnover 2. What are the various reasons for employee turnover? a) Management demands that one person do the jobs of two or more people b) Management doesn't allow the rank and file to make decisions about their work c) Management constantly reorganizes, shuffles people around and changes direction constantly d) Management doesn't take the time to clarify their decisions e) Management promotes departments to compete against each other f) Management throws a temper tantrum, points fingers and assigns blame 3. In an organization, a little rate of employee turnover may result into?
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QUESTIONNAIRE

Name………………….. Age……………….Tenure……………… Sex………………..Post……………… Contact No…………..

Instruction:

Mark ( √ ) which you prefer.

1. What according to you are the types of employee turnover?

a) Functional turnover

b) Dysfunctional turnover

c) Avoidable turnover

d) Unavoidable turnover

2. What are the various reasons for employee turnover?

a) Management demands that one person do the jobs of two or more people

b) Management doesn't allow the rank and file to make decisions about their work

c) Management constantly reorganizes, shuffles people around and changes direction constantly

d) Management doesn't take the time to clarify their decisions

e) Management promotes departments to compete against each other

f) Management throws a temper tantrum, points fingers and assigns blame

3. In an organization, a little rate of employee turnover may result into?

a) Bringing in new ideas and skills from new hires.

b) Better employee-job matches.

c) More staffing flexibility.

d) Facilitate change and innovation.

4. High rate of turnover may lead to decrease in?

a) Productivity

b) Service delivery

c) Spread of organizational knowledge

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5. What according to you are the causes of employee turnover?

a) Compensation package differences

b) Job and employee skill mismatch

c) Inferior facilities, tools, etc

d) Less recognition

e) Less or no appreciation for work done

f) Less growth opportunities

g) Poor training

h) Poor supervision

6. What according to you are the few ideas that a smart company use to keep their employee

turnover rate low.

a) Pay them well,

b) Treat each employee with respect regardless of their job,

c) Offer good health care plans,

d) Offer flexible hours and generous vacation plans.

e) Offer a bonus plan to safe and efficient workers

f) Begin a profit sharing plan

7. How you calculate the turnover costs of the organization?

a) Very High

b) High

c) Low

d) Very Low

8. In the case of high employee turnover what are the major direct cost include for an

organization?

a) Recruitment

b) Selection

c) Training of new people

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9. In the case of high employee turnover what are the major indirect cost include for an

organization?

a) Increased workloads

b) Increased overtime expenses for coworkers

c) Reduced productivity associated with low employee morale

10. What are the certain causes associated with turnover in any specific job or organization?

a) Non-competitive compensation

b) High stress

c) Working conditions

d) Monotony

e) Poor Supervision

f) Poor fit between the employee and the job

g) Inadequate training

h) Poor communications

i) Organization practices

11. What steps should have to be taken by the company to check employee turnover time to

time?

a) Measure the cost of turnover

b) Develop retention strategies

c) Plan for some expected turnover

d) Plan for a changing workforce culture

e) Recognize quality of work life

12. What initial steps can be taken to reduce turnover?

a) Hire the right people and continue to develop their careers

b) Most companies with low turnover rates are very employee oriented

c) Develop an overall strategic compensation package

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13. What are the various ways to reduce employee turnover?

a) Challenge the Employee

b) Recognize Employee Success

c) Create a Career Path

d) Offer Competitive Pay and Benefits

14. What suggestions should be given to the organization in order to avoid employee

turnover?

a) Be fair and consistent in establishing compensation

b) Promote from within if possible

c) Attempt to avoid bringing new people on board at a higher rate than current employees

d) Policies to prevent discussion of wages simply do not work

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1. What according to you are the types of employee turnover?

Functional Turnover 49

Dysfunctional Turnover 31

Avoidable Turnover 69

Unavoidable Turnover 52

49

31

69

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70

Functional Turnover DysfunctionalTurnover

Avoidable Turnover UnavoidableTurnover

Interpretation: According to the 100 employees of IDBI bank 49 of them say that functional

turnover is one of the types of employee turn over, 31 of them suggested dysfunctional

turnover, 69 of them suggested avoidable turnover and rest 52 of them suggested unavoidable

turnover is one of the type of employee turn over.

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2. What are the various reasons for employee turnover?

Management demands that one person do the jobs of two or more people 44

Management doesn't allow the rank and file to make decisions about their work 39Management constantly reorganizes, shuffles people around and changes direction constantly 33

Management doesn't take the time to clarify their decisions 57

Management promotes departments to compete against each other 29

Management throws a temper tantrum, points fingers and assigns blame 51

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Managementdemands that one

person do thejobs of tw o ormore people

Managementdoesn't allow therank and file tomake decisionsabout their w ork

Managementcostantly

reorganizes,shuffles people

around andchanges direction

constantly

Managementdoesn't take the

time to clarify theirdecisions

Managementpromotes

departments tocompete against

each other

Managementthrow s a tempertantrum, points

fingers andassigns blame

Interpretation: According to the 100 employees of IDBI bank 44 of them say management

demands that one person do the jobs of two or more people is one of the various reasons of

employee turn over, 39 of them say management doesn’t allow the rank and file to make decisions

about their work is one of the various reasons of employee turn over, 33 of them say management

constantly reorganizes is one of the various reasons of employee turn over, shuffle people around

and change direction constantly is one of the various reasons of employee turn over, 57 of them say

management doesn’t take the time to clarify their decisions is one of the various reasons of employee

turn over, 29 of them say management promotes departments to compete against each other is one of

the various reasons of employee turn over, and rest 51of them say management throws a temper

tantrum, points fingers and assigns blame is one of the various reasons of employee turn over.

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3. In an organization, a little rate of employee turnover may result into?

Bringing in new ideas and skills from new hires 37

Better employee-job matches 29

More staffing flexibility 46

Facilitate change and innovation 53

37

29

46

53

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Bringing in newideas and skillsfrom new hires

Better employee-job matches

More satffingflexibility

Facilitate changeand inovation

Interpretation: According to the 100 employees of IDBI bank from which 37 of them say a little

rate of employee turnover may result into bringing in new ideas and skills from new hires, 29 of

them say a little rate of employee turnover may result into a little rate of employee turnover may

result into better employee job matches, 46 of them say a little rate of employee turnover may

result into more staffing flexibility and rest 53 of them say a little rate of employee turnover may

result into facilities change and innovation.

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4. High rate of turnover may lead to decrease in?

Productivity 43

Service Delivery 51

Spread of Organizational Knowledge 57

43

51

57

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60

Productivity ServiceDelivery Spread ofOrganizationalKnowledge

Interpretation: According to the 100 employees of IDBI bank from which 43 of them say

turnover may lead to decrease in productivity, 51 of them say turnover may lead to decrease in

service delivery and rest 57 of them say turnover may lead to decrease in spread of organizational

knowledge.

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5. What according to you are the causes of employee turnover?

Compensation package differences 37

Job and employee skill mismatch 41

Inferior facilities, tools. etc 39

Less recognition 27

Less or no appreciation for work done 43

Less growth opportunities 51

Poor training 22

Poor Supervision 37

3741

39

27

43

51

22

37

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20

30

40

50

60

Compensationpackage

differences

Job andemployee skill

mismatch

Inferior facilities,tools. etc

Less recognition Less or noappreciation for

w ork done

Less gropw thopportunities

Poortraining PoorSupervision

Interpretation: According to the 100 employees of IDBI bank from which 37 of them say from

Compensation package differences is one the causes of employee turnover, 41 of them say Job and

employee skill mismatch is one the causes of employee turnover, 39 of them say from Inferior

facilities, tools. etc is one the causes of employee turnover , 27 of them say from Less recognition

is one the causes of employee turnover, 43 of them say from Less or no appreciation for work done

is one the causes of employee turnover, 51 of them say from Less growth opportunities is one the

causes of employee turnover, 22 of them say from Poor training is one the causes of employee

turnover, and rest 37of them say from Poor Supervision is one the causes of employee turnover.

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6. What according to you are the few ideas that a smart company use to keep their employee

turnover rate low.

Pay them well 44

Treat each employee with respect regardless of their job 31

Offer good health care plans 39

Offer flexible hours and generous vacation plans 27

Offer a bonus plan to safe and efficient workers 59

Begin a profit sharing plan 51

44

31

39

27

59

51

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30

40

50

60

Pay them well Trat eachemployee with

respectregardless of

their job

Offergoodhealthcare plans

Offer flexiblehours andgenerous

vacation plans

Offer a bousplan to safeand efficient

workers

Begin a profitsharing plan

Interpretation: According to the 100 employees of IDBI bank from which 44 of them say pay

them well is one the ideas that a smart company use to keep their employee turnover rate low, 31

of them say Treat them well is one the ideas that a smart company use to keep their employee

turnover rate low, 39 of them say offer good health care plans is one the ideas that a smart

company use to keep their employee turnover rate low, 27of them say offer flexible hours and

generous vacation plans is one the ideas that a smart company use to keep their employee turnover

rate low, 59 of them say they offer a bonus plan to safe and efficient workers is one the ideas that a

smart company use to keep their employee turnover rate low and rest 51 of them say begin a profit

sharing plan is one the ideas that a smart company use to keep their employee turnover rate low .

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7. How you calculate the turnover costs of the organization?

Very High 21

High 19

Low 37

Very Low 23

Very High21%

Low37%

Very Low23%

High19%

Very High High Low Very Low

Interpretation: According to the 100 employees of IDBI bank from which 21% of them say that

turnover costs of the organization is very high, 19% of them say that the turnover costs of the

organization is high, 37% of them say that the turnover costs of the organization is low and rest

23% of them say that the turnover costs of the organization is very low.

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8. In the case of high employee turnover what are the major direct cost include for an

organization?

Recruitment 41

Selection 37

Training of new people 22

Recruitment41%

Selection37%

Training of new people

22%

Recruitment Selection Training of new people

Interpretation: According to the 100 employees of IDBI bank from which 41% of them say that

recruitment is the major direct cost for an organization, 37 of them say that selection is the major

direct cost for an organization, and rest 22% of them say that training of new people is the major

direct cost for an organization.

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9. In the case of high employee turnover what are the major indirect cost include for an

organization?

Increased Workloads 43

Increased overtime expenses for coworkers 31

Reduced productivity associated with low employee morale 26

Increased overtime expenses for

cowokers31%

Increased Workloads

43%

Reduced productivity associated with low employee morale

26%

Increased WorkloadsIncreased overtime expenses for cowokersReduced productivity associated with low employee morale

Interpretation: According to the 100 employees of IDBI bank from which 40% of them

suggested that in the case of high employee turnover the major indirect cost include for an

organization is increased workloads, 31% of them suggested increased overtime expenses for

coworkers and rest 26% of them suggested reduced productivity associated with low employee

morale.

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10. What are the certain causes associated with turnover in any specific job or organization?

Non- competitive compensation 33High stress 47Working conditions 25Monotony 29Poor Supervision 21Poor fit between the employee and the job 37Inadequate training 24Poor communications 35Organization Practice 22

33

47

25

29

21

37

24

35

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40

45

50

Non- competitivecompensation

High stree Working conditons Monotonyy P oorSupervision P oor fit betweenthe employeeand

thejob

Inadequate training P oorcommunications

OrganizationP ractice

Interpretation: According to the 100 employees of IDBI bank from which 33 of them say non-

competitive compensation is one the causes to associated with the turn over in any

job/organization, 47of them say High stress is one the causes to associated with the turn over in

any job/organization, 25 of them say Working conditions is one the causes to associated with the

turn over in any job/organization, 29of them say Monotony is one the causes to associated with

the turn over in any job/organization, 21 of them say Poor Supervision is one the causes to

associated with the turn over in any job/organization, 37 of them say Poor fit between the

employee and the job is one the causes to associated with the turn over in any job/organization,

24 of them say Organization Practice is one the causes to associated with the turn over in any

job/organization, 35 of them say Poor communications is one the causes to associated with the

turn over in any job/organization, and rest 22 of them say Inadequate training is one the causes

to associated with the turn over in any job/organization.

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11. What steps should have to be taken by the company to check employee turnover time to

time?

Measure the cost of turnover 47

Develop retention strategies 59

Plan for some expected turnover 39

Plan for a changing workforce culture 31

Recognize quality of work life 2

47

59

39

31

2

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30

40

50

60

Measurethe costofurnover

Develop retentionstrategies

Plan for someexpected turnover

Plan for a changingworkforce culture

Recognize quality ofwork life

Interpretation: According to the 100 employees of IDBI bank from which 47 of them say

measure the cost of turnover is one the steps taken by the company to check employee turnover

time to time, 59 of them say develop retention strategies is one the steps taken by the company to

check employee turnover time to time, 39 of them say plan for some expected turnover is one the

steps taken by the company to check employee turnover time to time, 31 of them say plan for a

changing workforce culture is one the steps taken by the company to check employee turnover

time to time and rest 2 of them say recognize quality of work life is one the steps taken by the

company to check employee turnover time to time.

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12. What initial steps can be taken to reduce turnover?

Hire the right people and continue to develop their careers 57Most companies with low turnover rates are very employee oriented 39

Development an overall strategies compensation package 43

57

3943

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30

40

50

60

Hire the right people and continueto develop their careers

Most companies with low lowturnover rates are very employee

oriented

Development an overall strategiescompensation package

Interpretation: According to the 100 employees of IDBI bank from which 57 of them say hire the

right people and continue to develop their careers is one of the initial steps taken to reduce

turnover, 39 of them say most companies with low turnover rates are very employee oriented is

one of the initial steps taken to reduce turnover and rest 43 of them say development an overall

strategies compensation package is one of the initial steps taken to reduce turnover.

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13. What are the various ways to reduce employee turnover?

Challenge the Employee 45

Recognize Employee Success 51

Create a Career Path 39

Offer Competitive pay and Benefits 55

45

51

39

55

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60

Challenge theEmployee

Recognize EmployeeSuccess

Create a Career Path Offer Competitive payand Benefits

Interpretation: According to the 100 employees of IDBI bank from which 45 of them suggested

to challenge the employee, 51 of them suggested to recognize employee success, 39 of them

suggested to create a career path, and rest 55 of them suggested to offer competitive pay and

benefits.

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14. What suggestions should be given to the organization in order to avoid employee

turnover?

Be fair and consistent in establishing compensation 57

Promote from within if possible 43Attempt to avoid bringing new people on board ata higher rate than current employees 39

Policies to prevent discussion of wages simply do not work 33

57

4339

33

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Befair and consistent inest5ablishingcompensation

Promote from within ifpossible

Attempt to avoid bringingnew people on board atahigher rate than current

employees

Policies to preventdiscussion of wagessimply do not work

Interpretation: According to the 100 employees of IDBI bank from which 57 of them suggested

to be fair and consistent in establishing compensation, 43 of them suggested to promote from

within possible, 39 of them suggested to avoid bringing new people on board at a higher rate than

current employees, and rest 33 of them suggested policies to prevent discussion of wages simply

do not work are the various suggestions given to the organization in order to avoid employee

turnover.

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FINDINGS

According to the 100 employees of IDBI bank 49 of them say that functional turnover is

one of the types of employee turn over, 31 of them suggested dysfunctional turnover, 69 of

them suggested avoidable turnover and rest 52 of them suggested unavoidable turnover is

one of the type of employee turn over.

According to the 100 employees of IDBI bank 44 of them say management demands that

one person do the jobs of two or more people is one of the various reasons of employee

turn over, 39 of them say management doesn’t allow the rank and file to make decisions

about their work is one of the various reasons of employee turn over, 33 of them say

management constantly reorganizes is one of the various reasons of employee turn over,

shuffle people around and change direction constantly is one of the various reasons of

employee turn over, 57 of them say management doesn’t take the time to clarify their

decisions is one of the various reasons of employee turn over, 29 of them say management

promotes departments to compete against each other is one of the various reasons of

employee turn over, and rest 51of them say management throws a temper tantrum, points

fingers and assigns blame is one of the various reasons of employee turn over.

According to the 100 employees of IDBI bank from which 37 of them say a little rate of

employee turnover may result into bringing in new ideas and skills from new hires, 29 of

them say a little rate of employee turnover may result into a little rate of employee turnover

may result into better employee job matches, 46 of them say a little rate of employee

turnover may result into more staffing flexibility and rest 53 of them say a little rate of

employee turnover may result into facilities change and innovation

According to the 100 employees of IDBI bank from which 43 of them say turnover may

lead to decrease in productivity, 51 of them say turnover may lead to decrease in service

delivery and rest 57 of them say turnover may lead to decrease in spread of organizational

knowledge.

According to the 100 employees of IDBI bank from which 37 of them say from

Compensation package differences is one the causes of employee turnover, 41 of them say

Job and employee skill mismatch is one the causes of employee turnover, 39 of them say

from Inferior facilities, tools. etc is one the causes of employee turnover , 27 of them say

from Less recognition is one the causes of employee turnover, 43 of them say from Less or

no appreciation for work done is one the causes of employee turnover, 51 of them say from

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Less growth opportunities is one the causes of employee turnover, 22 of them say from

Poor training is one the causes of employee turnover, and rest 37of them say from Poor

Supervision is one the causes of employee turnover

According to the 100 employees of IDBI bank from which 44 of them say pay them well is

one the ideas that a smart company use to keep their employee turnover rate low, 31 of

them say Treat them well is one the ideas that a smart company use to keep their employee

turnover rate low, 39 of them say offer good health care plans is one the ideas that a smart

company use to keep their employee turnover rate low, 27of them say offer flexible hours

and generous vacation plans is one the ideas that a smart company use to keep their

employee turnover rate low, 59 of them say they offer a bonus plan to safe and efficient

workers is one the ideas that a smart company use to keep their employee turnover rate low

and rest 51 of them say begin a profit sharing plan is one the ideas that a smart company

use to keep their employee turnover rate low .

According to the 100 employees of IDBI bank from which 21% of them say that turnover

costs of the organization is very high, 19% of them say that the turnover costs of the

organization is high, 37% of them say that the turnover costs of the organization is low and

rest 23% of them say that the turnover costs of the organization is very low.

According to the 100 employees of IDBI bank from which 41% of them say that

recruitment is the major direct cost for an organization, 37 of them say that selection is the

major direct cost for an organization, and rest 22% of them say that training of new people

is the major direct cost for an organization

According to the 100 employees of IDBI bank from which 40% of them suggested that in

the case of high employee turnover the major indirect cost include for an organization is

increased workloads, 31% of them suggested increased overtime expenses for coworkers

and rest 26% of them suggested reduced productivity associated with low employee

morale.

According to the 100 employees of IDBI bank from which 47 of them say measure the cost

of turnover is one the steps taken by the company to check employee turnover time to time,

59 of them say develop retention strategies is one the steps taken by the company to check

employee turnover time to time, 39 of them say plan for some expected turnover is one the

steps taken by the company to check employee turnover time to time, 31 of them say plan

for a changing workforce culture is one the steps taken by the company to check employee

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turnover time to time and rest 2 of them say recognize quality of work life is one the steps

taken by the company to check employee turnover time to time.

According to the 100 employees of IDBI bank from which 57 of them say hire the right

people and continue to develop their careers is one of the initial steps taken to reduce

turnover, 39 of them say most companies with low turnover rates are very employee

oriented is one of the initial steps taken to reduce turnover and rest 43 of them say

development an overall strategies compensation package is one of the initial steps taken to

reduce turnover

According to the 100 employees of IDBI bank from which 33 of them say non-competitive

compensation is one the causes to associated with the turn over in any job/organization,

47of them say High stress is one the causes to associated with the turn over in any

job/organization, 25 of them say Working conditions is one the causes to associated with

the turn over in any job/organization, 29of them say Monotony is one the causes to

associated with the turn over in any job/organization, 21 of them say Poor Supervision is

one the causes to associated with the turn over in any job/organization, 37 of them say

Poor fit between the employee and the job is one the causes to associated with the turn

over in any job/organization, 24 of them say Organization Practice is one the causes to

associated with the turn over in any job/organization, 35 of them say Poor

communications is one the causes to associated with the turn over in any job/organization,

and rest 22 of them say Inadequate training is one the causes to associated with the turn

over in any job/organization

According to the 100 employees of IDBI bank from which 47 of them say measure the cost

of turnover is one the steps taken by the company to check employee turnover time to time,

59 of them say develop retention strategies is one the steps taken by the company to check

employee turnover time to time, 39 of them say plan for some expected turnover is one the

steps taken by the company to check employee turnover time to time, 31 of them say plan

for a changing workforce culture is one the steps taken by the company to check employee

turnover time to time and rest 2 of them say recognize quality of work life is one the steps

taken by the company to check employee turnover time to time.

According to the 100 employees of IDBI bank from which 57 of them say hire the right

people and continue to develop their careers is one of the initial steps taken to reduce

turnover, 39 of them say most companies with low turnover rates are very employee

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oriented is one of the initial steps taken to reduce turnover and rest 43 of them say

development an overall strategies compensation package is one of the initial steps taken to

reduce turnover.

According to the 100 employees of IDBI bank from which 45 of them suggested to

challenge the employee, 51 of them suggested to recognize employee success, 39 of them

suggested to create a career path, and rest 55 of them suggested to offer competitive pay

and benefits.

According to the 100 employees of IDBI bank from which 57 of them suggested to be fair

and consistent in establishing compensation, 43 of them suggested to promote from within

possible, 39 of them suggested to avoid bringing new people on board at a higher rate than

current employees, and rest 33 of them suggested policies to prevent discussion of wages

simply do not work are the various suggestions given to the organization in order to avoid

employee turnover.

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CONCLUSION

Mostly employees of IDBI suggested avoidable turnover and unavoidable turnover is

the type of employee turn over.

Mostly employee say management doesn’t take the time to clarify their decisions;

management throws a temper tantrum, point’s fingers and assigns blame management

demands that one person do the jobs of two or more people are the various reasons of

employee turn over.

According to the employees of IDBI say a little rate of employee turnover may result

into facilitate change and innovation and more staffing flexibility.

Maximum turnover may lead to decrease in spread of organizational knowledge.

Mostly employees suggested that from less growth opportunities, less or no

appreciation for work done and job and employee skill mismatch are the causes of

employee turnover.

Maximum employees think of offering bonus plan to safe and efficient workers and

begin a profit sharing plan are the few ideas that a smart company use to keep their

employee turnover rate low.

Maximum percentage of turnover costs of the organization is low and very low. Mostly

recruitment and selection is the major direct cost for an organization.

According to the high employee turnover they suggested that increased workload and

increased overtime expenses for coworkers are the major indirect cost includes for an

organization.

Mostly high stress, poor fit between the employees and the job and poor

communication are the certain causes associated with the turn over in any specific job /

organization.

Mostly recognize quality of work life and develop retention strategies have to be taken

by the company to check employee turnover tome to time.

Commonly initial step is to hire the right people and continue to develop their career

and most companies with low turnover rates are very employee oriented to reduce

turnover.

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Various ways to reduce employee turnover is to offer competitive pay and benefits and

to recognize employee success.

Lastly employee suggested being fair and consistent in establishing compensation and

promoting from with in if possible.


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