The $4.7 Million Mistake You Don’t Even Know You’re Making

If you’re brushing off engagement as “HR’s job,” you might be bleeding cash through the back door. Indifference is costing you more than you think, and it’s fixable.

Would You Like to Increase Your Bottom Line by 12%?

Then keep reading.

Because that’s how much companies are losing, on average, each year due to something far more dangerous than bad strategy or economic shifts.

Indifference

• When leaders stop noticing.

• When teams stop trying.

• When people stop caring.

It doesn’t show up like a crisis. It shows up like shrugging. Like silence. Like, “Eh, I guess I’ll just update my resume”

The Hidden Tax of Not Caring

Every time a great employee walks out the door, they take more than their water bottle and ergonomic chair.

• They take client relationships.

• They take years of know-how.

• They take the unofficial “how to actually get things done around here” manual.

• They leave behind a trail of burned-out coworkers silently asking, “Should I go too?”

If indifference is your company’s unofficial policy, you don’t have a retention problem. You have a leadership one.

Let’s Talk Real Numbers

Let’s say you’ve got 250 employees making about $75,000 each. That’s a payroll of $18.75 million.

If your turnover rate is 20%, that’s about 50 people leaving per year.

Total cost of that turnover?

Roughly $4.7 million, or about 25% of your payroll.

But companies with high engagement reduce turnover by 59% according to Gallup.

That means you could recover 12% of your payroll, or put another way, the money you’re currently using to refill the same seats over and over again.

The Quiet Quit Before the Quit. The Early Sign You're Losing Them.

• Leaders canceling 1:1's with “Let’s circle back next month” (they won’t)

• A “culture committee” that hasn’t met since 2021

• Employees only finding out they did a great job when they read their own exit interview

• Recognition programs where no one can remember the last winner (was it Linda? Is Linda still here?)

Where Culture Meets ROI

At Level Up Enterprises, we help companies rebuild the trust and connection that makes people want to stay and want to give their best.

No trust falls. No cheesy posters. Just leadership that works.

Three Things You Can Do Right Now to Keep Your Best People From Bailing

1. Ask better questions. Not “How’s it going?” but “What’s making your job harder than it needs to be?” Then actually fix it.

2. Measure what matters. You check your bank account. Why wouldn’t you check your engagement levels?

3. Train your leaders. If your managers couldn’t motivate a houseplant, maybe it’s time to upgrade their tools.

Indifference is expensive. Engagement is cheaper.

And honestly? More fun.

Want to stop the great escape and build a workplace worth staying in?

Let’s build it together.

Visit www.lvluptalent.com to explore leadership programs, keynote experiences, and team engagement strategies that make work feel less like a grind and more like a mission.