Employee Retention

Employee retention is evergreen. There’s nothing more constant and essential to
businesses with employees than keeping those employees around—they’re literally
the soul of the business. So, if you've got employees, don't let your business lose its soul!

Employee Retention

Employee retention is evergreen. There’s nothing more constant and essential to businesses with employees than keeping those employees around—they’re literally the soul of the business. Got employees? Don't let your business lose its soul!

Articles

the hidden resignation
Business

The Hidden Resignation: An Employee Engagement Crisis Businesses Can't Ignore

Millions of employees are quitting on principle and for pay increases—millions more are burning out. It’s the Hidden Resignation, and it’s already found its way into businesses everywhere.

Ken Coleman Ken Coleman
turnover rate
Business

How to Calculate Your Turnover Rate and Improve It

Calculating employee turnover rate isn’t necessarily fun, but it’s an important indicator of your company’s overall health and culture. Improve your turnover rate so you can save your business a ton of time and money.

Ramsey Ramsey


Research

Employee Retention is Evolving: Is Your Business Ready?

Employee Retention is Evolving: Is Your Business Ready?

Employee Retention Whitepaper

Recent trends in employee retention should have leaders of all business sizes taking a hard look at their employee retention strategies. Simply put, you can't afford to lose your employees—they're the engine that makes your business go. So, are your employee retention strategies future-proof?

The 2022 SmartDollar Employee Benefits Study

The 2022 SmartDollar Employee Benefits Study

2022 Sample Size: 3,000 Employees

Ramsey Solutions conducted a study of more than 3,000 employees working at organizations with 25 to 3,000 employees. The study covered topics including employee benefits, perceptions of and engagement with financial wellness benefits, employee financial and mental health, and other trends impacting today’s workforce.

The 2021 Financial Wellness Benefits Study

The 2021 Financial Wellness Benefits Study

2021 Sample Size: 1,000 Business Leaders

Ramsey Solutions conducted a study of more than 1,000 benefits decision-makers in companies of all sizes across the United States. The study covered topics ranging from financial wellness benefits, the impact of financial wellness, barriers to financial wellness, organizational health and the impact of COVID-19.

How Employees Are Actually Doing Right Now

Key findings from The SmartDolllar 2022 Employee Benefits Study where 3,000 employees were surveyed.

Employees Are Stressed, Burned Out, Overwhelmed And Angry
  

Employees Are Stressed, Burned Out, Overwhelmed And Angry

The 2022 SmartDollar Employee Benefits Study

Employees Worry About Personal Finances Daily
   

Employees Worry About Personal Finances Daily

The 2022 SmartDollar Employee Benefits Study

Money Is The #1 Cause Of Stress
 

Money Is The #1 Cause Of Stress

The 2022 SmartDollar Employee Benefits Study

Employees’ Mental Health Is Impacting Their Work
  

Employees’ Mental Health Is Impacting Their Work

The 2022 SmartDollar Employee Benefits Study

Compensation Is The #1 Reason Employees Are Leaving
  

Compensation Is The #1 Reason Employees Are Leaving

The 2022 SmartDollar Employee Benefits Study

Employees Are Losing Sleep Over Personal Finances
 

Employees Are Losing Sleep Over Personal Finances

The 2022 SmartDollar Employee Benefits Study

FAQ

Employee retention is defined as a company’s ability to keep the right employees working at their company long term.

These are five employee retention strategies your business needs right now:

  1. Pay them what they’re worth. 

  1. Make a regular habit of recognition. 

  1. Don’t pass up talented internal employees for external hires. 

  1. Do whatever it takes to build trust. 

  1. Offer life-changing employee benefits. 

Financial wellness is when employees take control of their day-to-day finances, have enough to cover most financial emergencies, become debt-free and can manage their expenses without debt, and are on track to meet their savings and retirement goals.  

According to The 2022 SmartDollar Employee Benefits Study, employees who have access to a financial wellness benefit are twice as likely to say they’re better off financially than the year before.When employees are financially well, they tend to stick around longer at your company, become more productive, bring less stress into work with them, and are more likely to participate in the company retirement plan. Employees who have access to a financial wellness benefit are twice as likely to say they’re better off financially than the year before. This makes a financial wellness benefit a simple solution to the complex employee retention problem.

While SmartDollar isn’t an employee retention program on its own, we’ve seen the benefit that our financial wellness program has had on businesses. There’s a direct correlation between employees having control of their personal finances and businesses lowering their employee turnover rate