Managing Employee Separations, Downsizing, and Outplacement

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Chapter 6

• Managing Employee Separations, Downsizing, and
  Outplacement

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Employee Separation

• The termination of an employees membership in an
  organization.

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Turnover Rate

• The rate of employee separations in an
  organization.

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Employee Separation Costs

• Recruitment
• Selection
• Training
• Separation
• Exit interview
• Outplacement assistance
• Estimated costs of replacing IT at Fortune 500
  Co. 100,000

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Antecedents of Turnover

• Self-Worth
• Job design
• Outside stakeholders (family)
• Embeddedness
• Where do you think compensation falls on the
  list?
• What else?

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Strategies to Reduce Turnover

• What do you think?

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Employee Separation Benefits

• Reduced Labor Costs
• Replacement of Poor Performers
• Increased Innovation
• Opportunity for Greater Diversity

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Involuntary Separations

• A separation that occurs when an employer decides
  to terminate its relationship with an employee
  due to economic necessity or a poor fit between
  the employee and the organization.
• Discharges
• Layoffs
• Downsizing or Rightsizing

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Voluntary Separations

• A separation that occurs when an employee
  decides, for personal or professional reasons, to
  end the relationship with the employer.
• Quits
• Retirements

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Retirement at 65 is ridiculous. When I was 65 I
still had pimples.

• George Burns

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Managing Early Retirements

• Early retirement packages
• Avoiding problems

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Managing Layoffs

• Considering Alternatives
• Implementing the layoff
• Notifying Employees
• Developing Layoff Criteria
• Communicating with Laid-Off Employees
• Coordinating Media Relations
• Maintaining Security
• Reassuring Survivors