Define: "Unregretted Attrition" in Business
Catastrophic fiscal burn
"When your read-write admin credentials on the Palo Alto firewalls are quietly downgraded to read-only, stop trying to add value and start applying elsewhere on company time."
A metric tracking voluntary turnover of employees whose departure does not negatively impact business objectives.
What does "Unregretted Attrition" actually mean?
"We were going to fire them anyway, but they quit first and saved us the severance payout."
"Our unregretted attrition rate increased this quarter, which aligns with our restructuring goals."
"My manager has been making my life miserable for six months, I think they are aiming for unregretted attrition."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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