Interviews of Head Hunted Employees

							                         Paul Fitzpatrick Consultants



                       Reasons for Termination Report




                   Prepared for: Ben Russell, CEO STAR Industries
Dear Ben,
As requested, I have completed an analysis of the information gathered from exit interviews
from staff that ceased employment with STAR over the past 12 months.
In preparing this report, I have, where practicable discussed reasons for leaving with the
relevant managers. In most cases, managers agreed with the primary reason given by staff
for their decision to leave, although some expressed surprise at the fact that their staff had
mentioned other reasons.
Not all managers had conducted exit interviews, a fact which concerns me. I believe that in
some cases, early intervention by the manager or supervisor may have meant that some of
these people would still be with us. I am aware that plant managers complain of too many
casuals at times, and I feel that part of the problem may be that we are not doing enough to
keep the good ones, hence the new faces all the time.
Your GM Human Resources will be talking over this report over with you in the near future. I
think that the attached table below suggests some alarming trends which can be arrested
without too much damage if we act quickly.
Many thanks
Paul Fitzpatrick
Remunerations consultant
Fig 1. Table indicating reasons for termination
Exit interview data collected January – December

   Name           Employee       Length of         Reason 1        Reason 2       Reason 3       Comment
                  position       service
   A. James       Assembly       24 months         More money      Closer to                     Was travelling 3 hours per day
                  worker                                           home

   M. Cateras     Assembly       52 months         Flexible        Higher rates                  Head-hunted by
                  worker                           hours           elsewhere
                                                                                                 Apollo Industries
   K. Jupiter     Sales, NSW     96 months         Semi-           Travel         Only one       Feels under-
                  Manager                          retirement                     pay increase
                                                                                                 acknowledged
                                                                                  since
                                                                                  starting
   F. Samson      Assembly       18 months         Study           Seeks local                   Work must
                  worker                                           casual work
                                                                                                 Accommodate this employee’s
                                                                                                 Study plans
   K. Wright      Assembly       24 months         More money      Flexible       Poor           Valuable employee,
                  worker                                           hours          working
   (W.A)                                                                                         A team player
                                                                                  conditions
   W. Blair       Assembly       3 months          More flexible   Lack of        Higher         An excellent employee, an informal leader.
                  worker                           hours           childcare      casual rate    Childcare needs a priority
                                                   elsewhere       benefits
   F. Strong      Assembly       40 months         Less            More money     Flexible       Obtained less strenuous work in same industry
                  worker                           physical                       hours
                                                   work
   K.McCaffry     Assembly       6 months          More money      Better                        Excellent employee, clearly ambitious, seeking
   (W.A)          worker                                           conditions                    promotion prospects
Name          Employee       Length of   Reason 1        Reason 2      Reason 3      Comment
              position       service

W. Singh      Assembly       18 months   Higher pay      Career                      Seeking career in building materials,
(W.A)         worker                                     prospects
                                                                                     sales or marketing


P.K. Leung    Assembly       5 months    More money      Higher        Better work   Wants shorter hours,
              worker                                     casual rate   conditions
                                                                                     higher hourly rate
A. Marks      IT & Support   48 months   Conflict with   More money    Better work   Disappointing to
                                         supervisor
                                                                       conditions    lose this employees expertise and knowledge
S. Harrigan   Sales Rep.     60 months   Another         Better        Long hours    Attractive offer
              (NSW)                      position                      travel
                                                         package                     elsewhere ( Bonuses and commission higher)
K. Fletcher   Supervisor     38 months   Competitor      STAR a poor   Good          Excellent employee,
              (W.A)                      offered         payer         commission
                                                                                     feels underpaid
                                         promotion                     in new job