The aim of this research is to understand and identify various researches conducted on employee attrition across sectors. The research has highlighted the factors like dissatisfaction with compensation offered , payment below prevailing market rate and inadequacy in the internal and external equity, Inappropriate Reward and recognition, toxic work environment &incompatible work culture, employee attitude, Insufficient support, unsatisfactory relationships with superior, colleagues and subordinates (work relationship), and inadequate opportunities for growth, hiring practices, and managerial style, which affect employee attrition. Understanding attrition is imperative for every organization. Mere recognition of factors would not do any better, both for employees as well as employer. This study focuses on compiling the factors that affect attrition and has a further scope where these factors can be empirically tested in different sectors and recommendations can be incorporated so as to observe the difference in the attrition rate.