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Retention Analysis

Jill Berry

Good Afternoon 

The Company I work for will be moving this year, after 20+ years in our current location.  Unfortunately we have no choice but to move as our current building is being demolished.

I'm writing to this forum to see if anyone works for an organisation that has moved within the last 12-24 months to see if you could provide any statistics around; 

* Turnover impact

* Retention (was a travel allowance offered to all staff, how long for, how much)

* Quantify the impact the move had on productivity

* Was a more flexible working approach required and how was this address with culture change, performance management etc

I appreciate you taking the time to read this post and look forward to receiving your responses. 

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  • Hi Jill

    We moved 2 years ago within London. For most people, it wouldn't make a difference to transport costs as we moved from Zone 1 to Zone 1.

    Some people complained a little, mostly younger staff who were renting and had deliberately chosen to live near to the office to reduce transport costs. We didn't offer them anything though.

    A few people who already had a long commute (from outside of London) and would have an extra ~20mins each way added to their journey, requested a couple of days home working each week, which we were able to accommodate. We also have flexible working around core hours, which helps people with a longer commute.

    We did a lot of consulation with staff before the move and invited their feedback (by surveys) on some potential locations we were considering. We also asked some senior level staff if there were any no-go areas for them that would make them consider their future employment, and we took that into consideration.

    Overall I think one administrator left to work for a different company based in our previous location but otherwise no staff turnover due to the move.

    The impact on productivity has been positive! We were able to design the new space around the type of workplace we wanted to be, taking on board staff feedback and all the things that people had found irritating in our old building. As a result, we have a lovely space to work in each day which is built around the needs of our current business and not the needs of the past. We're now able to list this office space as one of the benefits of working here!

    Good luck!
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  • Hi Jill

    We moved 2 years ago within London. For most people, it wouldn't make a difference to transport costs as we moved from Zone 1 to Zone 1.

    Some people complained a little, mostly younger staff who were renting and had deliberately chosen to live near to the office to reduce transport costs. We didn't offer them anything though.

    A few people who already had a long commute (from outside of London) and would have an extra ~20mins each way added to their journey, requested a couple of days home working each week, which we were able to accommodate. We also have flexible working around core hours, which helps people with a longer commute.

    We did a lot of consulation with staff before the move and invited their feedback (by surveys) on some potential locations we were considering. We also asked some senior level staff if there were any no-go areas for them that would make them consider their future employment, and we took that into consideration.

    Overall I think one administrator left to work for a different company based in our previous location but otherwise no staff turnover due to the move.

    The impact on productivity has been positive! We were able to design the new space around the type of workplace we wanted to be, taking on board staff feedback and all the things that people had found irritating in our old building. As a result, we have a lovely space to work in each day which is built around the needs of our current business and not the needs of the past. We're now able to list this office space as one of the benefits of working here!

    Good luck!
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