The state of burnout in tech, 2022 edition [pdf]

Re:The state of burnout in tech, 2022 edition [pdf] by ldjkfkdsjnv on Thursday March 03, 2022 @12:31PM (#30543939)

I think this is true. Management will shred through IC engineers, getting results but burning alot of them out in the process. Theres no accountability, and in some respects, its good business for them. They get the work done, the burnout really doesnt have that many repercussions.

The overarching issue is:

you need stability/healthy employees at the higher levels, at the lower levels it doesnt matter.

You cant have turn over in management, its a risk to the company. Turnover in engineers, even highly skilled ones, can be recovered from with some extra cost.

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Re:The state of burnout in tech, 2022 edition [pdf] by Taylor_OD on Thursday March 03, 2022 @12:47PM (#30544150)

It's actually terrible business because constantly having to hire, train, and ramp up new engineers takes up so much more time than retaining staff would. But no one wants to hear that when X needs to be released by Y and we can make that happen if our engs just work a little harder/longer.

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Re:The state of burnout in tech, 2022 edition [pdf] by BaseballPhysics on Thursday March 03, 2022 @04:47PM (#30547480)

> It's actually terrible business because constantly having to hire, train, and ramp up new engineers takes up so much more time than retaining staff would.

And who has to go through all that?

The managers.

Trust me, we don't want it any more than the ICs do. But senior/executive management doesn't feel the pain and therefore doesn't care.

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