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Stay interviews

Do you know what keeps your people coming back year after year? Are you aware of the pain points that if left unattended, might drive them away? Stay interviews are a high impact retention strategy that foster an open and communicative environment, further supervisor-employee relationships, and build trust.

Stay Interviews Defined

A stay interview is an informal conversation typically between a supervisor and an employee about the employee’s level of job satisfaction and specific ways the supervisor can maintain or improve it. 

When considering whether to conduct stay interviews, keep in mind that other options, such as administering a survey, can be used to gather information. While both methods lead to employee feedback, their purposes, benefits and limitations are different.

To learn more about using a survey to gather employee feedback, please see our resources on exit surveys.