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Re:Why Good People Leave Large Tech Companies by dleslie on Saturday July 22, 2017 @12:15AM (#14825378)
Avoidance of power inversion is, IMHO, the greatest contributing factor to this state. Management have little to no incentive to assisting the upwards mobility of their subordinates as it is, but the social stigma of someday possibly answering to those you have authority over can drive individuals to undermine the aspirations of others.
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Re:Why Good People Leave Large Tech Companies by jmspring on Saturday July 22, 2017 @12:33AM (#14825416)
A colleague at a former company asked his then manager about the track for promotions. Said manager basically laughed and said "if you got that promotion, then you'd be competing with me". This was a company that had bands that were lumped together for purposes of evaluation.
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Re:Why Good People Leave Large Tech Companies by dleslie on Saturday July 22, 2017 @12:45AM (#14825447)
AFAICT, the best route to promotion is a transfer to a separate administrative unit altogether, and so avoid this situation; and the best route to a raise is to leave to another company.

Relying on your loyalty to be rewarded is a fast track to being played for a sucker.

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Re:Why Good People Leave Large Tech Companies by ironic_ali on Saturday July 22, 2017 @04:56AM (#14826103)
HP?
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Re:Why Good People Leave Large Tech Companies by solotronics on Saturday July 22, 2017 @04:11AM (#14825989)
IBM?
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