What it costs to find out late.
Guides for founders and people leaders on why people leave, how to see it coming, and how to do that without watching anyone. Written by us, with our own product in them where it is relevant, and with the parts it does not solve said plainly.
Retention and attrition
- Employee retention is a measurement problem before it is a perks problemWhy retention budgets get spent on the wrong things, what actually predicts an exit, and how to see attrition risk by department months before anyone resigns.
- The attrition rate formula, and what your number actually meansEvery attrition rate formula in one place, worked through with real headcount, plus a calculator and an honest read on whether your number is high.
- What attrition means in HR, and how it differs from turnoverAttrition, turnover, churn and shrinkage explained in plain words, with the voluntary, regretted and infant-attrition splits Indian HR teams actually report on.
- Burnout is the leading indicator. Attrition is the receipt.How burnout becomes a resignation, why exit interviews arrive too late to be useful, and what a leading indicator has to do before you can act on it.
- The signs someone is about to quit, and what to do that weekThe changes that show up before a resignation, why the obvious ones arrive too late, and the stay-interview questions that get an honest answer.
- How to reduce attrition in an Indian startup without raising salariesA 90-day plan for a team of 20 to 200: what to measure, which three things move attrition most, and what to stop spending money on.
Spotting burnout
- Burnout detection for Indian startups, before the resignation letterWhat a burnout detection platform actually measures, why Indian startups find out too late, and how Wanderfly spots team-level burnout risk without watching anyone.
- The best burnout detection platforms in India, compared honestlyWanderfly, inFeedo Amber, Sukha, We360.ai, Workstatus and EAPs, compared on what they measure, what they cost in rupees, and which kind of startup each one suits.
- How to detect burnout in a startup team before someone quitsThe early signs of employee burnout a founder or manager can actually see, the questions that get honest answers, and a 30-day plan for a team of 20 to 200.
- Burnout detection is not employee monitoring. Here is the difference.Why screenshot and activity trackers make burnout worse, what privacy-safe burnout detection looks like under India’s DPDP Act, and ten questions to ask any vendor.