{"id":1123,"date":"2019-07-01T15:08:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T15:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sage-new-clone.local\/en-au\/blog\/?post_type=sage_glossary&#038;p=1123"},"modified":"2025-10-10T13:54:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T05:54:20","slug":"what-is-attrition","status":"publish","type":"sage_glossary","link":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-my\/blog\/glossary\/what-is-attrition\/","title":{"rendered":"What is attrition?"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header has-dark-background-color entry-header--has-illustration entry-header--has-illustration--generic\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__row row align-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-lg-7 col-xlg-6 entry-header__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"component component-single-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__misc text--subtitle text--uppercase text--small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-my\/blog\/glossary\/\" class=\"entry-header__link\">Glossary definition<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat is attrition?\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"single-post-details container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"reading-time\"> min read<\/span>\n\t\t<button\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"social-share-button button button--icon button--secondary js-social-share-button\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-title=\"What is attrition?\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-my\/blog\/glossary\/what-is-attrition\/\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-text=\"Please read this interesting article\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__share-label\">Share<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-label\" hidden>Copy Link<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\" hidden>Copied<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-attrition\"><strong>Attrition<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the business world, attrition refers to the unpredictable reduction in employed workforce. Causes of such reduction are often unavoidable and include retirement, resignation, permanent sick leave and deceased employees. In evaluation, , a company will define attrition rate as high or low. Companies with a high attrition rate face increased use of internal resources due to a continual recruitment and hiring process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A broader attrition definition includes the loss of company resources of products due to similarly uncontrollable reasons such as spoilage in perishable goods or assets growing obsolete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-difference-between-attrition-and-turnover\">The difference between attrition and turnover<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To have a full understanding of attrition in business, it is necessary to understand how attrition differs from the concept of \u201cturnover.\u201d Turnover refers to a scenario in which an employer acts to replace employees who have left the company or division. 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Causes of such reduction are often unavoidable and include retirement, resignation, permanent sick leave and deceased employees. In evaluation, , a company will define attrition rate as high or low. 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