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> The usual reason for low turnover rate is employee satisfaction with the job and their work environment Citation almost certainly needed, especially when the

> The usual reason for low turnover rate is employee satisfaction with the job and their work environment Citation almost certainly needed, especially when the government is being presented as exceptional in this regard. And I do not know why you have started talking about private companies taking taxpayer money – I was never proposing privatizing anything.

johnnyanmac 2y ago
This isn't just common sense. But basic business practice. https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/article/understanding-the-impact-exploring-the-relationship-between-job-satisfaction-and-turnover-intention https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/article/understanding... >A wealth of academic research since the 1970s has established a clear and consistent inverse relationship between job satisfaction and turnover intention. Meta-analyses synthesizing hundreds of individual studies consistently report a moderate to strong negative correlation between the two variables across cultures, industries and occupations (Cotton & Tuttle, 1986; Griffeth et al., 2000; Hom et al., 2017; Tett & Meyer, 1993). In other words, higher levels of satisfaction are linked to lower probabilities employees will contemplate leaving their roles. The strength of this association has remained stable over time despite changes to workplaces and economies. It's one of those few universal values across time and cultures. A basic query will give you all the citations you want. > was never proposing privatizing anything. Just magically finding the lowest number the government can get away with for functioning. Not taking into account the bus factor. Redundancy, natural turnover as people retire, die, or simply change life goals, and a dozen other factors. And apparently not the idea that when a strained organization needs a big job done but lacks people, they bid a contract to private companies (hence, privatization). We already see the result of this with Defense in how we contract everything to be made. Trillions of dollars of "efficiency" and relatively little knowledge in-house. This isn't even a government issue. This is basic business. You can't run 100% lean. It's never the most efficient means because a pebble means catastrophic delays.

johnnyanmac 2y ago

This isn't just common sense. But basic business practice. https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/article/understanding-the-impact-exploring-the-relationship-between-job-satisfaction-and-turnover-intention https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/article/understanding... >A wealth of academic research since the 1970s has established a clear and consistent inverse relationship between job satisfaction and turnover intention. Meta-analyses synthesizing hundreds of individual studies consistently report a moderate to strong negative correlation between the two variables across cultures, industries and occupations (Cotton & Tuttle, 1986; Griffeth et al., 2000; Hom et al., 2017; Tett & Meyer, 1993). In other words, higher levels of satisfaction are linked to lower probabilities employees will contemplate leaving their roles. The strength of this association has remained stable over time despite changes to workplaces and economies. It's one of those few universal values across time and cultures. A basic query will give you all the citations you want. > was never proposing privatizing anything. Just magically finding the lowest number the government can get away with for functioning. Not taking into account the bus factor. Redundancy, natural turnover as people retire, die, or simply change life goals, and a dozen other factors. And apparently not the idea that when a strained organization needs a big job done but lacks people, they bid a contract to private companies (hence, privatization). We already see the result of this with Defense in how we contract everything to be made. Trillions of dollars of "efficiency" and relatively little knowledge in-house. This isn't even a government issue. This is basic business. You can't run 100% lean. It's never the most efficient means because a pebble means catastrophic delays.