Earlier career
A life sciences unit that found what drives people to leave
Salary was not among the top five reasons people left.
Led by Amir Nair before he founded Amanstra. This was not an Amanstra engagement.
In numbers
19%left in a quarter (236 of 1,470)
45variables analysed
Not top 5where salary ranked among attrition drivers
The situation
A life sciences unit of a large conglomerate lost 19% of its people in a quarter (236 of 1,470). The company had benchmarked pay and made salary adjustments, but attrition did not improve. Leaders wanted interventions that would work.
What we did
- Built a predictive model on 45 variables across 1,470 records, from four systems: the employee database, time management, payroll and others.
- Tested the existing assumptions against the data.
- Found that the salary hike was not among the top five factors in attrition.
- Introduced a rotation policy for job enrichment, and a mentor and mentee programme.
- Added gentle nudges, supported by overtime policy changes such as layered approval and transport availability.
The result
- Showed leaders that salary was not among the top five drivers of attrition.
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