t’s not just his salary you need to replace. 💸

⏰ The overtime you’ll pay the rest of the team to cover his jobs.
📉 The work you’ll turn down or push back because you’re short-handed.
🔍 The weeks you’ll spend recruiting while still running the business.
🛠️ The months it takes a new hire to work at his level, if you find one at all.
🚪 And the risk that the guy who was closest to him starts looking too or even worse follows him.

Most owners only count the first cost. The rest never shows up as a line on the P&L, so it’s easy to miss.

Here’s the harder question: did you see it coming? 👀

In most cases, the warning signs were there. A missed raise conversation. A supervisor he didn’t trust. No clear path to the next level. Small things that never got addressed because everyone was too busy.

✅ Keeping good people usually costs less than replacing them, but only if you act before the notice is on your desk.

📩 Want my one-page “Before They Quit” retention check list, with the warning signs to watch for and the 5 questions to ask your best people? Message me STAY and I’ll send it to you.