On what basis does the attrition takes place in an organisation?

Causes of Attrition

Internal causes

These causes are pertaining to the internal environment of an organization. Therefore, they are controllable.

Salary

·        Insufficient salary

·        Delay in payment

·        No / delayed increment

·        Wage compression

Promotion

·        Biased promotion

·        No / delayed promotion

Transfer

·Forceful transfer

·Transfer to a place employee is not willing to go

Workplace Infrastructure & amenities

·lack of hygiene

·lack of basic facilities like water, canteen , etc

Task

·Monotony of task

·Task -labour mismatch

·Team issues

·Lesser job autonomy

External causes

These are the causes which are beyond the control of an organization as they belong to the external environment. These causes may be related to

a)better pay

b)chances of promotion

c)better perks and

d)more fringe benefits in other organizations

Individual/Personal causes

a)end of life

b)marriage

c)pregnancy

d)shift of family

e)mental imbalance

f)over-sensitivity

g)wish to go abroad

h)attrition of the group members

i)Self-employment

j)education

1- Extra Staffing without job description 

2- Long chain of command 

3- Slow decision making 

4- Absence  of talents and training 

5-Absence of short and long term development plans 

Good points mentioned by Mr. Jetley. Mismanagement internal organization.