Despite recent high-profile examples of rescinded offers, it’s still a seller’s employment market with two jobs for every unemployed American. And even as inflation rages and economic contraction looms, employee retention remains a pressing issue. In fact, a study of 87 percent of human resources leaders identified it as a No. 1 priority for the next several years.

Organizations and leaders have been forced to pivot on so many fronts over the past two and a half years. New business models. Creative delivery platforms. Distributed workforce configurations. So much has changed. But, in many cases, what hasn’t kept pace is our thinking around employee sentiment. The givens of days gone by—those moldy mental models and myths—must give way to today’s ungivens and the reality of the 2022 workplace. Until we confront these outdated assumptions, we may continue to grapple with untenable levels of attrition.

Here are just a few examples:

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