Cost Of Attrition: A Major Concern in Non-Banking Financial Institution

  • Unique Paper ID: 191025
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue: no
  • PageNo: 39-52
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  • Employee attrition has emerged as a persistent challenge in India’s financial services sector, particularly among non-banking financial companies (NBFCs). As human capital drives revenue growth, risk management, and customer relationships, workforce churn creates not only immediate costs but also structural risks to organizational sustainability. This study reframes attrition from an HR metric to a balance-sheet concern with strategic implications. The research has two objectives: to measure the cost of attrition in NBFCs using a structured framework, and to identify practical strategies for workforce stabilization. Relying on secondary data from consultancy reports, HR benchmarks, and company disclosures (2023–2025), the study finds that while overall attrition in India Inc. eased to 17% in 2023, financial services diverged, with NBFCs and private banks reporting rates of 30–50%, particularly in frontline roles. A three-bucket model—direct, indirect, and intangible costs—captures the economic burden. Estimates suggest replacement costs range from 40% to 200% of annual salary, with early-tenure attrition disproportionately expensive. The study recommends interventions such as structured onboarding, role redesign, compensation hygiene, managerial development, and career mobility, alongside policy-level recognition of attrition as a systemic risk. Future research should develop predictive analytics and real-time monitoring systems to link attrition costs directly to profitability and customer outcomes.

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@article{191025,
        author = {Shrivastav, Ratnesh Kumar and Dr. M.P Singh},
        title = {Cost Of Attrition: A Major Concern in Non-Banking Financial Institution},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {},
        volume = {12},
        number = {no},
        pages = {39-52},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=191025},
        abstract = {Employee attrition has emerged as a persistent challenge in India’s financial services sector, particularly among non-banking financial companies (NBFCs). As human capital drives revenue growth, risk management, and customer relationships, workforce churn creates not only immediate costs but also structural risks to organizational sustainability. This study reframes attrition from an HR metric to a balance-sheet concern with strategic implications.
The research has two objectives: to measure the cost of attrition in NBFCs using a structured framework, and to identify practical strategies for workforce stabilization. Relying on secondary data from consultancy reports, HR benchmarks, and company disclosures (2023–2025), the study finds that while overall attrition in India Inc. eased to 17% in 2023, financial services diverged, with NBFCs and private banks reporting rates of 30–50%, particularly in frontline roles.
A three-bucket model—direct, indirect, and intangible costs—captures the economic burden. Estimates suggest replacement costs range from 40% to 200% of annual salary, with early-tenure attrition disproportionately expensive.
The study recommends interventions such as structured onboarding, role redesign, compensation hygiene, managerial development, and career mobility, alongside policy-level recognition of attrition as a systemic risk. Future research should develop predictive analytics and real-time monitoring systems to link attrition costs directly to profitability and customer outcomes.},
        keywords = {.},
        month = {},
        }

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  • ISSN: 2349-6002
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue: no
  • PageNo: 39-52

Cost Of Attrition: A Major Concern in Non-Banking Financial Institution

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