In my research and work with more than two dozen companies at the Good Jobs Institute, I've seen that companies, too, pay a steep price for low pay. Low pay drives high employee turnover, and in settings like senior living, call centers, warehouses, retail stores, and restaurants, we have seen some companies replace their entire frontline workforce annually. Many executives I've met didn't think costs of turnover were high enough to justify higher pay-but they had never even quantified the full costs of turnover to begin with.
At most companies with which the Good Jobs Institute has worked, employers poured the equivalent of 10% to 25% of their labor budget into replacement costs the costs to recruit, train, and reach baseline productivity, only to start all over again when employees leave. But those costs pale in comparison with costs from the inevitable poor operational execution that takes place when there is high turnover: lower sales from mistakes, slow service, and customer dissatisfaction; higher product costs from more errors, overtime, and reduced labor productivity.
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