Re:Why don't tech companies pay their engineers to stay?
by flavius29663 on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @08:54PM
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yep. This is a business led by accountants. I've also seen businesses led by sales people (great sales people, btw) - that wouldn't understand anything other than selling features. The best jobs have been with companies who have a technical leader. It still has downsides, but it's night and day compared to the other 2.
When they give you a huge raise, payroll costs are up. Yet you won't necessarily deliver a revenue increase to match it. So it's a financial loss.
This might trigger you to leave, but accounting doesn't care about future potential events.
Similarly, I could make the point to my boss that an additional monitor, would increase my productivity by 20%.
Accounting disagrees. Hardware costs are now up 20%, which is real money spent. Yet there's nothing in the books suggesting more revenue. So another financial loss. "Productivity" is not revenue, it's an abstract concept in knowledge work.
It's a very one dimensional way to look at things, and far from a good one, but it might explain some things.