Credit Suisse and other big companies are creating algorithms to figure which employees may quit

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By Stephanie Yang

Any companies worried about employee turnover can actually predict when workers will want to leave, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

Companies like Wal-Mart, Credit Suisse, and Box have created data-based algorithms to find out when their employees are likely to quit, according to the article. Data considered in the algorithms range from employee personality to team size to job location.

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