Predict Employee Attrition Using Machine Learning & Python

Will your employees leave ?

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Employee Attrition is the gradual reduction in staff numbers that occurs as employees retire or resign and are not replaced. Employee attrition can be costly for businesses. The company loses employee productivity, and employee knowledge.

“Turnover / Churn” and “Attrition” are human resource terms that are often times confused. Employee turnover and attrition both occur when an employee leaves the company. Turnover , however, is from several different actions such as discharge, termination, resignation or abandonment. Attrition occurs when an employee retires or when the employer eliminates the position. The big difference between the two is that when turnover occurs, the company seeks someone to replace the employee. But in the case of attrition, the employer leaves that vacancy unfilled or eliminates that job role . -LinkedIn

The average cost of employee turnover is: 20% of the employees annual salary for mid-range positions…