How to Respond When Your Best Employees Quit – Guest Post
[Note: Following up How To Avoid Losing Your Best Employees, Meredith Wood shares the warning signs of when employees are getting ready to leave and how to respond when they do.]
U.S. workers are also quitting their jobs more than ever before, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In October 2018, over 2% of the total working population (some 3.5 million people!) voluntarily quit or resigned from their positions.
Change is inevitable, so if your top employee does resign, don’t panic. Also resist the urge to counter-offer because that employee is still 80% likely to leave within six months. Here are other valuable tips from Fundera in this infographic on what to do upon receiving notice that your best employee is leaving.