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Re:Want employees to return to the office? Then give each on... by kevinventullo on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @02:20PM (#37066593)
You think software engineers aren’t fungible? Facebook hires SWE’s based on generic technical interviews and doesn’t even assign them a team until week six.
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Re:Want employees to return to the office? Then give each on... by rayiner on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @02:35PM (#37066766)
That just means they’re not literally irreplaceable, not that they’re fungible. The pool of people who could do the job, even with training, is a tiny fraction of the overall population.
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Re:Want employees to return to the office? Then give each on... by austhrow743 on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @05:10PM (#37068454)
Gold is rare too.
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