The average person will hold about 12 different jobs between the ages of 18 and 48, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. That’s bad news for your sewer and drain business, and a big expense.
In fact, the Society of Human Resource Management estimates that organizations spend the equivalent of six to nine months of a departing employee’s salary to find and train a replacement. Some estimates run even higher; a survey conducted by the Center for American Progress shows that the cost can range from 16 percent of an hourly, unsalaried employee’s pay (that’s $6,400 out of a $40,000
