Leaving a workplace after a certain period is part of one’s professional journey, as people often switch companies for better opportunities, higher compensation or different types of exposure at other organisations. However, the decision completely lies with the employee, with no role for the current company to play, at least not before a formal resignation is submitted. What if your company is already aware of your plans in advance? While it is not too likely for anyone to learn about someone’s resignation plans, ChatGPT seems to have made that possible.
Sarthak Ahuja, an investment banker and content creator (finance), recently opened up on how ChatGPT can actually predict a soon-to-resign employee. Not just that, it can also help companies understand if one is applying elsewhere months before making it public.
In his explanatory video, Sarthak mentioned that if a company uses transcriptions during Zoom calls or records the meetings, the meeting transcripts are later uploaded to ChatGPT to check the pattern, which starts showing which person may resign first. “There are two things. The first is that ChatGPT recognises people who use the term ‘you guys’ a lot more than the term ‘we should.’ These people are at higher risk of resigning from the company. The second factor is who makes the most number of excuses about why their video is turned off during meetings,” Sarthak explained in his post.
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He then went on to explain how the patterns give certain information to the manager, who then creates a descending order ranking of the least engaged employees with clear actions to re-engage them. These factors take into account the expressed frustration, tenure in the company, pay scale compared to the market structure and more. Companies can also use the information to stop giving such employees any promotions or higher pay packages during the appraisal.
“It’s pattern recognition from human behaviour coupled with psychology and market dynamics put into use. Forbes did a piece this week called ‘5 ChatGPT Prompts To Predict Which Of Your Employees Will Quit Next’ and it’s something you should read,” the creator wrote in his caption.
The post grabbed quite some attention on Instagram, with many sharing diverse opinions about such possibilities. Some even poked fun at the early prediction of resignations. One wrote, “More like a self-fulfilling prophecy. People who receive unfair appraisals/compensation are more likely to leave,” while another added, “Functional analysis in psychotherapy using AI is definitely challenging but will deliver robust results once optimised.”
