From the perspective of the organization, offboarding is often just one of the many HR tasks. From the employee's perspective, however, work is an integral part of his or her life. Being a good employer until the end of the working relationship determines the emotional and professional well-being of your employee. If you do that, you will enjoy all of the above benefits. And – equally important - you are doing justice to the good reputation of your business.
For input for this article, interviews were held with about 50 people and the sources below consulted:
TLNT, 2015: 'The power of departing employees or why offboarding is critically important'.
PWnet, 2017: 'Why attention to offboarding is important'.
HBR.org, 2016: 'A bad reputation costs company at least 10% more per hire'.
Linked In, 2015: 'Companies with bad reputation pay 10% more labor costs'.
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