If you manage a team or run HR for a company, attrition is one of those numbers that can quietly spiral out of control before anyone notices. The good news? Calculating it takes less than five minutes once you know the right formula — and tracking it consistently makes all the difference.
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Attrition Report
Attrition breakdown
Benchmark snapshot ?Your rate vs. your declared benchmarks. All reference rates are user-defined — none are hardcoded in this tool.
Cost of attrition Leadership view?Estimated total cost of all exits. Breakdown: Recruitment (30%), Productivity loss (50%), Training (20%) of salary per exit. Source: SHRM cost-of-turnover model.
Internal target Primary — policy defined
External reference User-sourced — secondary
Import monthly data CSV or paste from Excel
Required columns: Month | Opening HC | Closing HC | Total Exits | Voluntary Exits (optional). Comma or tab separated — auto-detected.
Example
Month,Opening HC,Closing HC,Total Exits,Voluntary Exits Jan 2025,500,492,38,28 Feb 2025,492,487,31,22
Monthly attrition trend
Trend data table
Multi-department comparison ?Compare attrition across departments. Each department uses the same SHRM average headcount formula. Health status measured against your internal target rate.
Health status measured against your internal target rate.
Name
Opening HC
Closing HC
Total exits
New hires
Rate comparison — all departments
Hiring target calculator ?How many people you need to hire to maintain or grow headcount. Formula: Maintain hires = Avg HC × Attrition Rate.
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