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Re:“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts t... by goatinaboat on Saturday May 01, 2021 @04:16AM (#27004398)
costs for hiring the wrong people

I've read a bit more about the background to this now, and they hired someone in December who immediately went on an internal advocacy campaign for their personal politics. So, all of this, is the cost of hiring a "wrong" person.

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Re:“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts t... by wlll on Saturday May 01, 2021 @10:09AM (#27006456)
Sometimes you hire the wrong person, Basecamp has done it before.

Having to replace (currently) 30%+ of your org increases that risk, in addition to the initial costs of hiring all those people and getting them up to speed.

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