That's not businesses - that's humans. Or do you apply for a new job every two weeks whenever you see a higher salary advertised?
The assumption there is that higher salary is the #1 consideration. My metric is a blend of salary, lifestyle, and risk.
More precisely it's humans when they form a bunch / organization ;).
NO, I'm saying that even individuals are conservative in that they will tend to stay with an existing job, locale or speciality even when an alternative could potentially offer better returns. I don't check the job listings every day.
Re:The Boring Company FAQ
by monk_e_boy on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @09:07AM
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Risk vs reward. Often the risk is too great, especially for a company that is making a lot of money. Why risk R&D when there's no competitor. Companies are optimised to make money, not progress.
The phrase "exploitation versus exploration" seems appropriate here.
In my opinion autonomy is key. Big organizations like to talk a big game that they empower their employees to take risks. Yet most of the time they default to the status quo. It's culturally there or not.
The more I think about organizations the more I they seem to be the key players preventing change to me. (Which is not necessarily a bad thing)
Business says: We had this great idea, now let's freeze everything in time and let's make money of this snapshot forever, because who knows when we'll find gold again.
Entertainment industry likes to do that especially.