Employees who get high-quality recognition are 45% less likely to leave within two years.
Gallup–Workhuman, 3,447 employees, 2022–2024
Employee turnover calculator
Every person who quits costs you 6–9 months of their salary. Here’s your bill for last year.
Every time one person leaves
- Recruiting and hiring
- $13,000
- Empty seat, 60 days
- $10,685
- New hire at half speed, 90 days
- $8,014
- Training and onboarding
- $2,500
- Per person
- $34,199
That’s 53% of one salary — the low end of the 50–200% range Gallup and SHRM give for replacing someone.
How we work this out
A new hire works at 50% until they’re up to full speed. It’s the one thing we guess for you.
Turnover cost you
$307,788
$34,199 every time someone leaves.
- Your turnover rate
- 18%
- Culture Engine for 50 people
- $1,800 a year
Turnover cost you
$307,788
$34,199 every time someone leaves.
Your turnover rate18%
Culture Engine for 50 people$1,800 a year
Why it’s this big
Most of that bill didn’t have to happen.
Only 22% of employees say they get the right amount of recognition. That hasn’t changed since 2022.
Gallup–Workhuman
At least 75% of the reasons people quit are within their manager’s influence.
Gallup
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