06/04/2026
Most companies think their biggest retention risk is new hires.
It’s not.
Our research found engagement drops fast, bottoms out between years 3–5, and many organizations miss the warning signs completely because they aren’t measuring engagement by tenure.
That means experienced employees, the people who know your business best, may already be disengaging long before turnover shows up in your data.
Key takeaways:
💡 50% of engagement decline happens before Year 2
💡 The average employee tenure is 3.5 years
💡 Engagement drops 8x faster than it recovers
If you’re only measuring engagement at the company level, you may be missing where retention risk is actually forming.
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