The Employee Engagement Cliff: Why Your Best People are Disengaging

Employee Engagement Cliff - 3-5 Tenure Gap

Most organizations focus their retention efforts on onboarding and early engagement. But new research from Energage reveals the biggest employee retention risk happens later — between years 3–5, when employees should be fully ramped and delivering at a high level. Here’s why engagement declines, why development efforts often fall short, and the five things organizations can do to reduce regrettable turnover.