The recent spate of layoffs may be confusing organizations about the importance of talent retention, inadvertently signaling that people’s fear of losing their jobs is somehow a retention strategy. Unemployment is still at one of the lowest points in recent history, and employee expectations of work aren’t softening either. In times of economic uncertainty, talent retention shouldn’t move to the luxury category of organizational priorities. This is the time to ensure employees feel confident in your organization’s future and ability to weather the uncertainty. Otherwise, when things turn around, you can be sure your best talent will quit and leave, and your mediocre talent will quit and stay.