Define: "Flight Risk" in Business
Multi-headcount capital waste
"Always operate as a flight risk. Keep your certifications active and let management sweat."
An employee who is highly likely to leave the organization in the near future.
What does "Flight Risk" actually mean?
"An engineer who just realized they are doing the work of three people for the salary of an intern."
"We need to secure a retention bonus for the lead developer as she is a known flight risk."
"Dave became a massive flight risk the moment management told him the mandatory RTO policy applied to network architects."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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