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Metric
Attrition Rate
What share of our workforce left during this period?
AttritionDescriptiveDiagnosticPredictive
Definition
The proportion of employees who exit the organization in a period.
How to calculate it
(Separations during period / Average headcount) × 100
Business question
What share of our workforce left during this period?
How to read it
Compare voluntary and involuntary components before reacting; segment by tenure and function.
Recommended segments
- Business unit
- Geography
- Function
- Grade or level
How to visualize it
- Trend over time
- Segment comparison
- Distribution
Decisions it supports
Retention program investment, manager development, and compensation review timing.
What can make it misleading
Annualizing partial-period data without seasonality adjustment; excluding probationary exits without documenting.
Updated 2026-08-09