Re:Ask HN: Who's not sucky to work for?
by JohnBooty on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @10:15PM
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if it's clear the fit between employee and
team isn't there.
This is very interesting to me. How good is management at discerning between...a: "employee 12345 has been here for one year and probably wasn't a good hire"
and...
b: "employee 12345 has been here for one year, and they were probably a good hire, but they're not a good fit for their current team so let's get them to a new one!"
???
On a human level, I'm a firm believer that (b) happens a looooot. Personally, I've been anywhere from a turd to a star depending on company culture and team fit, and it wasn't me that was changing.
But I am amazed there are organizations that manage to spot (b) and actually correct it rather than cutting a person loose or just pidgeonholing them as a low performer.
Re:Ask HN: Who's not sucky to work for?
by brianwawok on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @11:02PM
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Def seems hard to do. You could pass an A many times before ”proving” they aren’t going to fit in any team.
Re:Ask HN: Who's not sucky to work for?
by fbanon12341 on Friday November 05, 2021 @01:40AM
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One way to side step the issue - trust the hiring process. I haven't seen very many issues, but Meta seems to give people multiple chances, on multiple teams, under multiple managers, before doing a pip (or whatever the equivalent is).
Internal transfers after 1 year are pretty easy. I've seen people transfer earlier, if it's clear the fit between employee and team isn't there.