How much does employee turnover really cost?

Re:How much does employee turnover really cost? by softawre on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @04:59PM (#13421784)

Same with their presentations at conferences. They hire really good people, pay them a ton (300k+), and fire them when they stop performing.

It's a good way to get great people, if you can afford it.

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Re:How much does employee turnover really cost? by flukus on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @05:42PM (#13422182)

That gets into a murky definition of "performing" though. Performance is often limited by other people, many of which may be long gone. It can also create a culture of people unwilling to admit mistakes. It doesn't take long for these behaviours to produce massive amounts of technical debt.

The policy doesn't seem to be working for their UI team either.

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Re:How much does employee turnover really cost? by Obi_Juan_Kenobi on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @06:04PM (#13422349)

No system is going to be perfect, but I think it's worth something that they're at least trying to do reasonable things.

The real question is how many times do people fall into that tricky edge case vs. how often is there a fairly clearly case for a termination?

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