This document discusses the problem of high employee turnover at The Oasis Café. It suggests several factors that may be contributing to the turnover, such as low pay, lack of motivation, poor management, and inadequate training. The document also presents data showing how costly employee turnover can be for businesses, with costs of turnover reaching $200,000 per year after 10 employee departures. Finally, it provides recommendations for improving retention, like implementing good management practices, keeping employees motivated, and providing opportunities for growth.

1. Nikita Fluker
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2.  The Oasis Café is locally owned and operated
café in the St Petersburg area. The problem
this company faces is retaining employees.

3.  This proposal gives the café the opportunity
to understand why they are unable to retain
employees, the cost involved with continually
hiring new employees, and recommendations
on how to not continue to have this problem
in the future.

4.  HR is chronically
under-staffed and
having difficulty
keeping up with
their day to day
activities
 Lack of Motivation
 Not thoroughly
prescreening
employees
 Low Pay
 Bad Management
 Not properly
training new
employees
 No consistent
schedule
 Lack of clarity
about earning
potential
 Lack of feedback
about performance,

5. Cost of Turnover per year
0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
2 4 6 8 10
Cost of Turnover per
year

6.  Good Management
and Supervisors
 Keep employees
motivated
 Make sure to utilize
the proper tools,
timing and training
 Outline
expectations
 Treat employees
fairly
 Demonstrate
mutual respect
 Provide employees
the opportunity to
grow and advance

7.  The target audience are employees and
contractors of Ceridian and Oasis Café
 It is made up of men and women in various
age categories
 The audience is very aware of the frequent
change in staff in the Café and has caused
many of them to stop frequenting the Café

8.  Owners of Café
 Employees of Café
 Employees of Ceridian
 Contractors of Ceridian
 Vendors and Distributers
 Visitors

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