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Median tenure (most recent hire, months)
Median across the population of most-recent-hire tenure, in whole calendar months.
How it’s computed
MEDIAN(most_recent_hire_tenure_months)
What the evidence shows
Evidence (effect sizes, priors, validity) is syncing from Principia.
Run it on your data
This metric is computed in the People Analytics Toolbox on your own numbers. See pricing — posted, no quotes.
sources: toolbox:metrics-catalog
What the literature says
The measurement literature behind this signal — sourced, so you can defend it.
“(8)According to a study by Culture Amp on retention intention at Box, a worker’s pay or relationship with his boss matters far less than how connected the worker feels to his team. (9) Corporate Culture’s impact on Attrition Research have shown that there is a relationship…”
— Predictive HR Analyticsmatch 57%
“Figure 4-4 uses the following five ranges: Tenure =< 1 Year1 Year to 2.9 Years3 Years to 4.9 Years5 Years to 9.9 Years10+ YearsDepending on whether you’re working in Excel or SQL (a database querying language) or another data environment, the formula is different. You also…”
— People Analytics For Dummiesmatch 57%
“Having employee tenure in years is useful, and yet you can see that almost every employee has a different tenure. If you were to count now by column E, you would not get a useful table or graph. In this example, what you want to do is count those employees with tenure less than…”
— People Analytics For Dummiesmatch 55%
Resources: Predictive HR Analytics · People Analytics For Dummies