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Employee Exit Interviews

Learn Why Employees Exit Your Organization
And Discover How To Reduce Turnover.

The average replacement cost for any employee leaving the organization is 150% of their annual salary.

Employee Exit Interview Case Study

A Fortune 500 Manufacturer engaged NBRI to conduct employee exit interview surveys on an ongoing basis by telephone in order to determine why employees were leaving their employ. The surveys were conducted after the employees had physically left the premises in order to obtain the purest data possible. Although this methodology negatively impacts the response rate, NBRI consistently reaches a 95% Confidence Level. Based on this reliability, management can be certain that the data truly represents the thinking of the employee population as a whole.

Supervision was by far the overriding factor contributing to employee turnover. The NBRI Root Cause Analysis provided even greater, pinpointed insight. Performance evaluations were perceived to be unfair. This drove employee beliefs in a negative manner regarding diversity, discrimination, career advancement, and a host of other issues.

NBRI recommended that the Client focus solely on the root cause determined by a thorough analysis of the employee exit interview data. Within six months of changing the employee perceptions of the fairness of performance evaluations, the scores of all items driven by the root cause increased as well. Since the root cause was driving 45% of all of the Client’s survey questions, this was significant improvement indeed. More importantly, employee turnover was reduced by over 80%, and the most common reason for leaving became ‘to start a home business.’

The ever-growing question these days seems to be, “How do we hold on to our employees?” It is very hard to find new employees, especially the quality employees that make organizations more productive, making it all the more important for you to keep your current employees. NBRI’s Employee Exit Interviews can assist you in strengthening your employees’ commitment by identifying the trends that are causing defections.

Through careful survey design and consistent interviews of your former employees, NBRI gives you the feedback necessary to respond to the patterns of management behavior and employment conditions that may have contributed to the employees’ decision to leave.

The standard NBRI employee exit interview survey includes 37 questions covering 18 topics and may be customized to meet your organization’s specific needs.

Standard Employee Exit Interview Topics

Autonomy Benefits Career Development
Communications Compensation Ethics
Job Satisfaction Job Training Life Balance
Management Style Performance Evaluations Policies
Recognition Sexual Harassment Supervision
Teamwork Work Life Working Relationships




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