Signature on a form Two-thirds ofemployees spend less than an hour learning about their benefits. Nowonder they're so dissatisfied. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Haste makes waste.

It turns out the old saying is true in an area you might notexpect: employee benefits. A new Colonial Lifestudy finds that employees who rush through education data on their benefits packages atenrollment time—both failing to understand what's on offer and nottaking the time to really investigate their choices—are more likelyto quit in the coming year.

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Marlene Satter

Marlene Y. Satter has worked in and written about the financial industry for decades.

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