The costly practice of pushing out employees to avoid layoffs

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Every sector is experiencing the effects of record-breaking layoffs and growing attrition rates. But how many of those job losses are a strategic play from employers? It may be more than employees think. 

Engineered attrition is a term used to describe the strategies and methods employed by companies to urge employees to quit in hard economic times so as to not resort to having to go through layoffs. And while it may sound like an appealing alternative for employers, it could have some potentially devastating long-term consequences.

Paola Peralta
Associate Editor

Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio


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