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Re:Fuchsia Workstation by pradn on Monday March 28, 2022 @02:35PM (#30833928)
This argument never makes sense. Why keep senior engineers if they aren't contributing to the business?
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Re:Fuchsia Workstation by dennyabraham on Monday March 28, 2022 @03:00PM (#30834232)
It's defensive. High salaries and plum projects keep good engineers from building your successor.
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Re:Fuchsia Workstation by vbezhenar on Monday March 28, 2022 @02:55PM (#30834170)
That keeps them from contributing to your competitors, i.e. against your business.
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Re:Fuchsia Workstation by scintill76 on Monday March 28, 2022 @03:44PM (#30834711)
I presume you make a deal where they also have to put time in on business-critical projects that you want their skill for.
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Re:Fuchsia Workstation by salawat on Monday March 28, 2022 @03:18PM (#30834439)
Brain drain. Twiddle for me, not for them. Don't become one f them either.
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