What would you consider to be a high turnover (staff) company?

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How long would the average staff member stay for somewhere to be considered a high turnover of staff in your view?

If it’s a small business, hiring young professional workers? Ie: not great pay, but a sought-after industry?

6/9 months.

I used to work in a call centre and we had 200pc turnover. Got it down to 60 pc by the time I left. It was very high, other places have been between zero and 20pc

I'd look at your annual rates and individuals leave for all sorts of reasons. Anything above 33% turnover a year would alarm me in a small business

With 10-15 members of staff, people don’t seem to make it more than a year. Is that normal?

Depends on how it compares to the industry/sector average. Some jobs are high turnover by nature.

I have found that if young people are recruited they naturally want to try different experiences and broaden their skill set. They don't have mortgages and maybe can't get them so don't need the stability . They don't stay long and balance their skill set with fresh ideas and enthusiasm to learn. You either accept this or recruit people with more responsibility who require stability but that may mean higher rates of leave to manage children and at times presenteeism, but not always.

That rate would be enough for me to ask about it at interview

Has anyone done exit interviews and addressed the causes of them leaving? Retention is cheaper than rehiring and training surely?