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title: "High Turnover Of Staff? Here’s How To Reduce Employee Turnover For Restaurant Owners"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/489d9fa7-5dde-4d8f-a907-320630fc97ee
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/high-turnover-of-staff-heres-how-to-reduce-employee-turnover-for-restaurant-owners-2709499
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
published: 2019-03-26T19:14:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:30:45.414Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/fdaa4021d3fadb592297964236cb8f699683.jpg
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# High Turnover Of Staff? Here’s How To Reduce Employee Turnover For Restaurant Owners

**TL;DR:** A video discusses tips to reduce employee turnover for restaurant owners, as staff turnover has reached 70% in the restaurant industry. High turnover can be financially damaging to a business and even lead to failure.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2019-03-26. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/high-turnover-of-staff-heres-how-to-reduce-employee-turnover-for-restaurant-owners-2709499).*

## Story

It's super important that we change the way we approach this and rethink these 3 common assumptions in order to reduce the impact on our businesses.

Most restaurant owners don't realize just how damaging a high turnover of staff can be financially to a business.

The truth is, it can be the reason that some businesses eventually fail.

Did you know staff turnover has reached 70% in the restaurant industry? Wow! That’s not a high turnover of staff – that’s a HUGE turnover of staff!

We really need to reassess how we hire people, and how we treat them once they're hired.

*Carrie is a frequent keynote speaker on HR and leadership topics and regularly conducts employee training and leadership development workshops as well. She is the author of the recently published book,* Restaurant Operator's HR Playbook: Your Hands-On Playbook for Finding, Hiring, and Developing Leaders *and Implementing Organized People Systems and has been featured in* Entrepreneur*,* Restaurant News*,* Pizza Today *and* Independent Restaurateur.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- Entrepreneur (publication)
- restaurant industry (topic)
- employee turnover (topic)
- hr management (topic)
- hr tips (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/high-turnover-of-staff-heres-how-to-reduce-employee-turnover-for-restaurant-owners-2709499). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/489d9fa7-5dde-4d8f-a907-320630fc97ee).