Others hand you a report. We stay until the number moves.
Two kinds of companies sell retention help: big consulting firms and dashboard software. Both stop at the report. Here is an honest side by side, including where others are stronger.
Side by side
Where EIP is different.
- Does this well
- Partly, or at extra cost
- Does not do this
| What matters | EIPRetention advisory with its own tools | Big consulting firmGlobal HR and total rewards consultancies | Engagement survey platformAnnual and pulse survey software | People analytics softwareDashboards built on your HR data | HR system add-onThe attrition score inside your HRIS or payroll system | Retention research firmExit and retention interview specialists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puts a dollar cost on turnover, role by role | Turn Tax™: 13 cost categories, up to 250 variables, priced by role | Inside a larger paid project | Scores how people feel, not what it costs | Usually one cost number for everyone | Rarely | Estimates from exit studies |
| Names who is likely to leave next | Flight Risk Score™ for each person, tuned to your company | Rarely at the person level | Mostly group hotspots, not people | A risk list for HR to work through | One general model built for all of the vendor's customers | Studies people after they have left |
| Works without asking employees to fill in another survey | Built from HR data you already have | Interviews and workshops instead | Only as good as the response rate | Some risk factors depend on survey scores | Uses what is in the system | Interviews are the product |
| Tells each manager what to say, and to whom | Top reasons and a talk track for every person flagged, for Retention Talks this week | Recommendations in a final report | Generic action plan libraries | Factor tags and a playbook to read | A list, then you decide | Themes and advice |
| Hears what would keep the people who stay | Honest Read™: small-group talks, fixes ranked by your own people | Focus groups, at extra cost | Scores and comments, averaged | Survey add-on | Not its job | Their specialty |
| Shows which employers are hiring your people, and their pitch | Competitor Intel, done for you | Pay surveys | No | No | No | From what former employees say |
| Changes hiring so new people stay | Hire Smart™: built from what your longest-tenured people have in common | A separate engagement | No | No | No | Onboarding advice |
| Senior experts stay through execution and results | The EIP Council, a 90-day quick start, then a monthly review of your results | Partners sell it, junior teams deliver, the project ends | Customer success, not advisors | Software support | Software support | Until the report is delivered |
| First result you can act on | About 7 days, with the Retention Snapshot | Months, after the contract | After the next survey cycle | After the integration is built | Already in your system | After the interview cycle |
| What it asks of your team | One file. Names become codes before anyone looks | Interviews, workshops and data requests | Running the survey and acting on it | An integration, and someone to run it | Nothing new | Lists and scheduling |
Puts a dollar cost on turnover, role by role
- EIP
- Turn Tax™: 13 cost categories, up to 250 variables, priced by role
- Big consulting firm
- Inside a larger paid project
- Engagement survey platform
- Scores how people feel, not what it costs
- People analytics software
- Usually one cost number for everyone
- HR system add-on
- Rarely
- Retention research firm
- Estimates from exit studies
Names who is likely to leave next
- EIP
- Flight Risk Score™ for each person, tuned to your company
- Big consulting firm
- Rarely at the person level
- Engagement survey platform
- Mostly group hotspots, not people
- People analytics software
- A risk list for HR to work through
- HR system add-on
- One general model built for all of the vendor's customers
- Retention research firm
- Studies people after they have left
Works without asking employees to fill in another survey
- EIP
- Built from HR data you already have
- Big consulting firm
- Interviews and workshops instead
- Engagement survey platform
- Only as good as the response rate
- People analytics software
- Some risk factors depend on survey scores
- HR system add-on
- Uses what is in the system
- Retention research firm
- Interviews are the product
Tells each manager what to say, and to whom
- EIP
- Top reasons and a talk track for every person flagged, for Retention Talks this week
- Big consulting firm
- Recommendations in a final report
- Engagement survey platform
- Generic action plan libraries
- People analytics software
- Factor tags and a playbook to read
- HR system add-on
- A list, then you decide
- Retention research firm
- Themes and advice
Hears what would keep the people who stay
- EIP
- Honest Read™: small-group talks, fixes ranked by your own people
- Big consulting firm
- Focus groups, at extra cost
- Engagement survey platform
- Scores and comments, averaged
- People analytics software
- Survey add-on
- HR system add-on
- Not its job
- Retention research firm
- Their specialty
Shows which employers are hiring your people, and their pitch
- EIP
- Competitor Intel, done for you
- Big consulting firm
- Pay surveys
- Engagement survey platform
- No
- People analytics software
- No
- HR system add-on
- No
- Retention research firm
- From what former employees say
Changes hiring so new people stay
- EIP
- Hire Smart™: built from what your longest-tenured people have in common
- Big consulting firm
- A separate engagement
- Engagement survey platform
- No
- People analytics software
- No
- HR system add-on
- No
- Retention research firm
- Onboarding advice
Senior experts stay through execution and results
- EIP
- The EIP Council, a 90-day quick start, then a monthly review of your results
- Big consulting firm
- Partners sell it, junior teams deliver, the project ends
- Engagement survey platform
- Customer success, not advisors
- People analytics software
- Software support
- HR system add-on
- Software support
- Retention research firm
- Until the report is delivered
First result you can act on
- EIP
- About 7 days, with the Retention Snapshot
- Big consulting firm
- Months, after the contract
- Engagement survey platform
- After the next survey cycle
- People analytics software
- After the integration is built
- HR system add-on
- Already in your system
- Retention research firm
- After the interview cycle
What it asks of your team
- EIP
- One file. Names become codes before anyone looks
- Big consulting firm
- Interviews, workshops and data requests
- Engagement survey platform
- Running the survey and acting on it
- People analytics software
- An integration, and someone to run it
- HR system add-on
- Nothing new
- Retention research firm
- Lists and scheduling
Honest about it
Where others are stronger, and how we handle it.
| What matters | EIPRetention advisory with its own tools | Big consulting firmGlobal HR and total rewards consultancies | Engagement survey platformAnnual and pulse survey software | People analytics softwareDashboards built on your HR data | HR system add-onThe attrition score inside your HRIS or payroll system | Retention research firmExit and retention interview specialists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software your HR team logs into any timeOur Retention Dashboard is updated twice a month and reviewed with you. If you want a full self-serve platform, keep yours: we work from what it already shows. | Retention Dashboard, updated twice a month | Reports | Yes | Their core product | Yes | Reports |
| Benchmarks across thousands of companiesWe compare you with yourself (sites, managers, tenure groups, last year) and with the employers hiring your people. That is what you can act on. | Not our focus | Large research databases | Large survey benchmarks | Often included | Sometimes | From their studies |
| Company-wide surveys in many languagesWe use small-group talks instead of another survey. If you already run a survey, keep it. Honest Read™ tells you what the scores mean and what to fix first. | Talks, not surveys | Through partners | Their core product | Add-on | Add-on | Some |
| A broad HR suite: payroll, org charts, workforce planningNot our job, and you already have one. We are the retention arm that makes it pay off. | No | No | No | Often | Their core product | No |
| A long track record under a big brand nameEIP is a young company. Our methods come from 20 years of fixing turnover at a Fortune 10 company, and our Council brings decades of industry experience. | Young company, proven methods | Decades | Well known | Varies | Well known | Decades |
Software your HR team logs into any time
Our Retention Dashboard is updated twice a month and reviewed with you. If you want a full self-serve platform, keep yours: we work from what it already shows.
- EIP
- Retention Dashboard, updated twice a month
- Big consulting firm
- Reports
- Engagement survey platform
- Yes
- People analytics software
- Their core product
- HR system add-on
- Yes
- Retention research firm
- Reports
Benchmarks across thousands of companies
We compare you with yourself (sites, managers, tenure groups, last year) and with the employers hiring your people. That is what you can act on.
- EIP
- Not our focus
- Big consulting firm
- Large research databases
- Engagement survey platform
- Large survey benchmarks
- People analytics software
- Often included
- HR system add-on
- Sometimes
- Retention research firm
- From their studies
Company-wide surveys in many languages
We use small-group talks instead of another survey. If you already run a survey, keep it. Honest Read™ tells you what the scores mean and what to fix first.
- EIP
- Talks, not surveys
- Big consulting firm
- Through partners
- Engagement survey platform
- Their core product
- People analytics software
- Add-on
- HR system add-on
- Add-on
- Retention research firm
- Some
A broad HR suite: payroll, org charts, workforce planning
Not our job, and you already have one. We are the retention arm that makes it pay off.
- EIP
- No
- Big consulting firm
- No
- Engagement survey platform
- No
- People analytics software
- Often
- HR system add-on
- Their core product
- Retention research firm
- No
A long track record under a big brand name
EIP is a young company. Our methods come from 20 years of fixing turnover at a Fortune 10 company, and our Council brings decades of industry experience.
- EIP
- Young company, proven methods
- Big consulting firm
- Decades
- Engagement survey platform
- Well known
- People analytics software
- Varies
- HR system add-on
- Well known
- Retention research firm
- Decades
Already have a system?
Keep it. Here is what EIP adds.
If you already have
A new HR system with an attrition score
- What it does well
- Your data in one place, and a list of people who may leave.
- What is still missing
- Who has the conversation, what they say, what it costs if they go, and whether it worked.
- What EIP adds
- We start from what your system already shows, price it with Turn Tax™, and stay with your managers until the number moves.
If you already have
An engagement survey
- What it does well
- A read on how people feel, across the whole company.
- What is still missing
- Which people are about to leave, why, and what to fix first.
- What EIP adds
- Flight Risk Score™ needs no survey, and Honest Read™ turns your survey themes into ranked fixes.
If you already have
People analytics dashboards
- What it does well
- Clean metrics and trends your team can explore.
- What is still missing
- Someone senior to say what the numbers mean and to lead the response.
- What EIP adds
- The EIP Council reads it with you, picks the few things that matter, and oversees the 90-day quick start.
If you already have
A consulting firm or retention study
- What it does well
- A thorough report and recommendations.
- What is still missing
- Execution. The report is handed over and the team moves on.
- What EIP adds
- We stay. Execution and results are the part we are paid for.
The short version
We help you use what you already have, add what is missing, and then stay with you as the retention arm of your company, through execution and results.
Questions we hear
What people say first, and our answer.
That is good news: you already have the data, and we can start from it. Most systems can show who might leave. What they cannot do is put a dollar cost on each departure, tell each manager what to say this week, and stay with you until turnover comes down. We do not replace your system. We are the retention team that makes it pay off.
EIP is not a platform, and meeting us commits you to nothing. We ask what you already have, show where it stops, and you decide whether that gap matters.
Keep it. A survey tells you how people feel on average. We tell you who is about to leave, what it will cost, and what to do about it, without asking anyone to fill in another form.
Then you know the pattern: a strong report, then the team moves on. Our tools do the analysis in days, and our expert advisors stay through execution and results.
It often is, on average. The cost usually hides in a few sites, managers or roles. Turn Tax™ shows where, in dollars, and the Retention Snapshot puts a number on it before you sign anything.
Turnover is already in your budget. It just is not labeled. Turn Tax™ shows what it costs today, so the decision is about moving money you are already losing, not finding new money.
Start with a conversation
Start small. See results in 7 days.
Send us 7 standard columns from your HR system, usually a few clicks to export, for a small group of your employees. No contract or commitment. If it does not surprise you, walk away.