Employee turnover is a harsh reality in the world of call centers. There are multiple reasons that attrition continues to be the number-one battle for a call center’s management team. But, surprisingly, the top reasons that employees choose to leave do not involve salary. Rather, exit interviews conducted by employers cite the following reasons for leaving as the most common:
July 23, 2001 — The following article appears courtesy of Management Recruiters International, www.mri-fresno.com
Employee turnover is a harsh reality in the world of call centers. There are multiple reasons that attrition continues to be the number-one battle for a call center’s management team. But, surprisingly, the top reasons that employees choose to leave do not involve salary. Rather, exit interviews conducted by employers cite the following reasons for leaving as the most common:
Lack of recognition and rewards
Lack of advancement opportunities
Lack of feedback/communication from management
Not feeling valued by the company
Lack of training
Lack of responsibility
Lack of challenging work
So what can you do to slow down the revolving door? Actually, you can do a lot.
In the good old days, people graduated from high school or college, went to work for a Fortune 500 company and retired in 30 years with a gold watch. Times have changed. Companies are constantly being bought, sold, closed, and merged. The affect: employees are getting lost in the masses.
Companies now look to find Senior Managers who can bring a team with them. Employees want to work for people who are leaders. Creating strong management teams is critical to the success of any call center. A strong manager can change a “sweat shop” into an “employer-of-choice”. As the saying goes, “birds of a feather, flock together”. The right key manager can recruit, hire, and retain top call center professionals.
How important is it to hire a strong manager? Just look at the hidden costs associated with employee turnover including: costs of termination, hiring, training, vacancy costs, and loss of productivity. These costs are broken down using a simple formula, which was recently published in Employment Management Today.
All of the above elements can be lumped into the following cost calculation formula:
Number of Employees Lost x Average Salary x 30% = Annual Turnover Cost.
The 30% figure is a combination of a conservative cost estimate of the departed employee’s salary and the time associated with the elements mentioned above.
For example, assume a company has 5,000 employees with the average salary of $35,000. Now assume the annual turnover rate is 25%. The costs would break out this way:
5,000 x 25% = 1,250 (employees lost in one year) 1,250 x $35,000 x 30% = $13,125,000 (total turnover cost in one year)
If this company were able to reduce the turnover rate by 10%, the annual savings would be $5,250,000.
Looking at these staggering costs, you can see how critical it is to build a strong Call Center Management Team. Please feel free to forward any additional questions or concerns to:
Tracy Sheran Account Executive, Call Center Specialist Management Recruiters International tracy@mri-fresno.com 800-881-4139 x132
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