Algorithm That Tells the Boss Who Might Quit

Sadly, this has the perverse effect of forcing otherwise happy people to act like they might be a flight risk, otherwise they risk being passed-over for interesting opportunities, raises etc. If you're not playing that game then you're losing out.

It's yet another mechanism that devalues loyalty to a firm, which I'm sure they realise is already in short supply. I'd be happier if I'd read that this was also a way to identify and reward the dedicated, productive employees — but no.

The algorithm seems to run on the following factors per the article:

"job tenure, geography, performance reviews, employee surveys, communication patterns and even personality tests to identify flight risks".

I wonder if employees can try to game the algorithm by artificially ranking high on their score for leaving - with the sole purpose being to get a pay raise.