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Evaluating Strategies for Workforce Stability
A large tech company, 'Innovate Inc.', has maintained a stable workforce of 5,000 employees for several years. Recently, due to increased competition, the number of employees quitting each month has risen significantly, while the number of new hires has not changed, causing the total workforce to shrink. Management is considering two strategies to return to a stable workforce of 5,000.
Strategy A: Immediately increase the standard wage offered to all current and new employees to a level that is competitive with other firms.
Strategy B: Keep wages the same but launch an expensive, large-scale recruitment campaign to attract a much larger pool of applicants, aiming to increase the number of monthly hires to match the new, higher number of quits.
Evaluate the long-term effectiveness of each strategy for achieving and maintaining a stable workforce. Which strategy is more likely to be a sustainable solution and why? Justify your reasoning by explaining the relationship between wages, employee departures, and hiring.
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