How Do You Write an Attrition Analysis

To calculate the attrition rate for your company in one year, you take the number of employees or customers that left and divide it by the average number of customers or employees. The rate can also be defined as a churn rate.

What should be included in an attrition analysis?

Analyzing this demographic will reveal information about turnover in various job roles, tenure levels, business units, and locations—and reveal pockets of high turnover—to tell us who is leaving and when. An employee listening perspective will answer the question of why.

How do you interpret attrition rate?

Commonly referred to as a ‘churn rate,’ a company’s attrition rate is the rate at which people leave. If you break it down, it is the number of people who have left the company, divided by the average number of employees over a period of time. Typically, it is expressed as a percentage (%).

James H. Sterling

James H. Sterling

Environmental Science & Climate Journalist

James Sterling reports on renewable energy developments, climate policy, ecological conservation, and green tech innovations around the globe.

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