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Re:Ask HN: Happy at your job? Why not leave? by mindcrime on Monday October 29, 2018 @04:14PM (#18330929)
Look, you can talk about a lot of "blah, blah, blah" on this, and some of it matters to some people, some of the time. But the simple, straight-forward, naked truth is this: offer more money. Yes, some things other than money matter, but to most people, most of the time, the way to pull them away from where they are is to increase their compensation. This really isn't rocket science.
Re:Ask HN: Happy at your job? Why not leave? by AnimalMuppet on Monday October 29, 2018 @04:29PM (#18331074)
Seconded... but you also need the rest of it. I'm making a lot of money, doing work that helps people, in a (mostly) sane environment, with really good co-workers. Yes, I'm kind of bored, so I could be talked into leaving. Not for less money, though. And not for a garbage working environment, or for co-workers who are jerks, or for management that is insane.
Re:Ask HN: Happy at your job? Why not leave? by mindcrime on Monday October 29, 2018 @04:31PM (#18331099)
Yeah, there are some things that are kind of the "cost of entry" like decent work conditions, etc. But once you meet that minimum bar, I think more money is the easiest way to lure most people. Now there will always be some people who can be lured away by something else... one good possibility would be offering a private office instead of open plan. Hell, I'd probably take less money just to have a private office. But I doubt everybody feels as strongly about that as I do.