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1. “Employee turnover can easily cost over
$100,000 including exit interviews,

severance pay, hiring costs, and lost
productivity while the new hire is
learning the job. Then add on top of
these numbers the indirect costs like

loss of intellectual capital, decreased
morale, increased employees stress and
negative reputation.”

-Associated Press, March 30, 1999

2. Because managers often feel the stress

resulting from high turnover, “many
managers are failing in their primary
duty to create a happy environment and

a climate of content that is conducive to
healthy growth of vital human resources.
All too often, fun, creativity, generous
praise, work satisfaction, and even basic

human decency are sacrificed as being
‘nice but not profitable.’ As a result,

industrial bugs, and diseases proliferate
such as: high work stress,
communication breakdowns, miserable
morale, idea-droughts, absenteeism,

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