Employee retention is a key metric by which many HR departments are measured.

And it’s easy to understand why that is—not only is it [more expensive to hire](https://www.peoplekeep.com/blog/employee-retention-the-real-cost-of-losing-an-employee) new people than retain them, but when an employee leaves an organization, they take with them their invaluable skills and institutional knowledge, which leaves your organization poorer as a whole.

While there isn’t a single reason behind employee attrition, it’s important for HR teams to identify when issues arise, and investigate how to improve the situation.

For example, if a manager has higher-than-average attrition on their team, that could point to management issues that should be addressed with coaching.

With this Recipe, you can keep your finger on the pulse of manager-related attrition. When the percentage of regretted attrition on a team is 20% higher than the company’s trailing six month average, Rippling will automatically send a notification to the HR Head, alerting them to the situation.

Prefer a notification at 30% instead? As with all our workflow Recipes, you can customize this template to your exact needs, including when it should trigger, what the actions should be, who it should go to, and more.