Over 40% of India's workforce is projected to quit their current jobs within the next six months, according to a survey. High attrition rates pose a major threat to corporate security in India due to competing job opportunities. It costs companies approximately 7 times more to hire a new employee than it does to retain an existing one. When managers or professionals leave an organization, it can cost the company around 18 months of their salary to replace them. For example, when Infosys saw attrition of around 7,833 employees in the first quarter of 2010, with an average salary of 5.7 lakh per year, it lost 446 crore (approximately $62 million USD) over those three months.