Employee Retention Strategies in a Changing Market
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In episode 27 of the Travel Buddy podcast, Rachel Satow is joined by Ian Andersen and Ashley Martinez to explore how organizations can better engage and retain their workforce amid rising turnover and shifting employee expectations. They discuss key drivers of disengagement, trends like wellness tourism, and how travel rewards are becoming an essential part of modern employee benefits.
Key Highlights
• Why low unemployment and high turnover are reshaping corporate loyalty
• What engagement really means—and the cost of disengaged employees
• The link between unclear career paths and quiet quitting
• How wellness and travel intersect to support work-life balance
• The role of AI in enabling personalized rewards and smarter engagement strategies
Quotes
• “It’s an estimated roughly $2 trillion of productivity is lost in the US every year to disengaged employees.” – Ian Andersen
• “We believe here at Switchfly, and I do personally as well, that travel and wellness go hand in hand.” – Ashley Martinez
• “We've seen around 86% of HR leaders saying that career paths for their employees are unclear within the organization, which is super interesting when you compare that to the idea of [active] employee disengagement.” – Rachel Satow
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