Staff turnover is expensive!  A common “rule of thumb estimate” suggests it cost 25% to 200% of a leaving staff’s annual compensation each time someone leaves.  For example, an inexpensive staff person may receive a salary of $40,000 a year.  Add an additional $10,000 for health care, social security, medicare, and other fringe benefits and their annual cost is really $50,000.  Using our “rule of thumb estimate,” each of these staff that leaves costs the employer anywhere from $12,500 to $100,000.  Ouch!!!  Have several staff with a $40,000 a year salary leave in the same year and the costs go through the roof.