The client has asked to create a brand new database that stores employee data and manipulate that data so that we know:
- The number of retiring employees by title
- The number of eligible employees for a mentorship program
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Tools/Programs/Languages used:
- SQL
- pgAdmin
- Excel (import/export data)
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I used the provided CSV files to create a new database and then created six empty tables.
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Then, I imported six individual CSV files to fill in data in those empty tables.
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After that, I used various SQL queries to manipulate the data to satisfy the asks from the client.
- There will be several employees that will retire with the following titles: Senior Engineer, Senior Staff, and Engineer.
- This is concerning, as these three titles alone make up for over 60,000 employees!
- Pewlett Hackard (PH) will need to focus on backfilling their development department, or else they risk falling behind in that category.
- PH is also at risk of losing a large number of Senior Staff. These individuals possess a large amount of historical knowledge that might impact day-to-day operations.
- There are about 1,550 employees that are eligible for the mentorship program.
- This is good for those at the Engineer level as about 501 Engineers can be mentored to the next level.
- It's a little concerning seeing 568 individuals from the Senior Staff eligible for this program as they most likely will not move past their current level.
- More hiring needs to occur at the Assistant Engineer, Staff, and Engineer levels to compensate for employees retiring in the development department.
- How many roles will need to be filled as the "silver tsunami" beings to make an impact?
- Using a simple
SELECT COUNT
query the total number of retiring employees is 72,457. - The development department is at risk as the #1 retiring title is Senior Engineer
- Are there enough qualified, retirement-ready employees in the departments to mentor the next generation of Pewlett Hackard employees?
- Technically, no. There are only about 1,550 employees that fall in the retirement-ready category. However, there are plenty of Senior-level employees that can mentor if PH is open to that.