This creeps insidiously into even the most benign-seeming corporate institutions, such as morale-boosting activities, company perks, and career counseling sessions. All of these things exist ostensibly to show you that the organization values you as a human and that it will act as a steward for your career. But the real, simple, dollars-and-cents truth of the matter is that somewhere there is a line item on a piece of paper that demonstrates cost of perks is exceeded by cost of turnover.

