Employee retention

• In 2023 a total of 483 employees started working at Portsmouth City Council and 599 left the organisation
• In-line with 2022, starters in 2023 were spread fairly evenly across the year
• June saw the highest number of leavers which doesn’t follow the 2022 pattern where twice as many staff left in September than any other month
• The main reasons for leaving the council are consistent year-on-year although there are fluctuations in the popularity of reasons
• Career development has been the main reason for leaving for the past two years – there has been a steady increase in the proportion of staff resigning for career development reasons, accounting for 34% of leavers in 2023, at the same time fewer staff are resigning with no reason given
• Retirement is in the top three reasons for leaving for the third year running

This chart shows that for 2023:
In January there were 49 starters and 44 leavers
In February there were 30 starters and 43 leavers
In March there were 20 starters and 46 leavers
In April there were 43 starters and 52 leavers
In May there were 40 starters and 41 leavers
In June there were 37 starters and 76 leavers
In July there were 59 starters and 54 leavers
In August there were 25 starters and 54 leavers
In September there were 57 starters and 55 leavers
In October there were 55 starters and 44 leavers
In November there were 42 starters and 41 leavers
In December there were 26 starters and 49 leavers

This chart shows the reasons for leaving:
Resignation due to another job (career development) was the reason 13% gave in 2021, 26% gave in 2022 and 34% gave in 2023
Retirement was the reason 17% gave in 2021, 14% gave in 2022 and 20% gave in 2023
Resignation for other reasons was the reason 12% gave in 2021, 17% gave in 2022 and 9% gave in 2023
Personal reasons was the reason 18% gave in 2021, 7% gave in 2022 and 8% gave in 2023
Dismissal – other reasons was the reason 7% gave in 2021, 7% gave in 2022 and 8% gave in 2023
Dismissal end of contract was the reason 9% gave in 2021, 7% gave in 2022 and 7% gave in 2023
Employee transfer TUPE was the reason 10% gave in 2021, 5% gave in 2022 and 0% gave in 2023
Resignation – no reason given was the reason 22% gave in 2021, 9% gave in 2022 and 5% gave in 2023