- Introduction
- Defining the Attrition Problem
- Strategy #1: Spend Time Developing and Benchmarking Incentives
- Strategy #2: Subsidize Education and Certification
- Strategy #3: Change Locations
- Strategy #4: Rotate Employees
- Strategy #5: Combat Poaching by Encouraging Referrals
- Strategy #6: Just Ask: Are Your Employees Satisfied?
- Strategy #7: Spend More Time Recruiting
- Conclusion
Strategy #4: Rotate Employees
Employees who don't feel challenged by their work often leave. In response, companies such as TCS have programs that rotate employees into different disciplines about every two years and expose them to new locations, projects, and technologies. L&T Infotech, a software solutions provider with 4,000 employees and six development centers in India, has implemented a similar program.
Offshore employees are asking for a clear career path with increased responsibility and frequent recognition of achievement. Established U.S. and European multinational companies have long had learning programs that set expectations for performance goals such as learning a particular tool or proprietary software. Companies practicing offshoring need to provide new challenges and opportunities for skills development through training or job rotation. It may become the only reason your best employees stay with you.