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I can see why's that would be frustrating, but my employees are not "mine" - so they are free to go at any time and hence, I need to treat them well. If an emp
by benjohnson 11y ago
I can see why's that would be frustrating, but my employees are not "mine" - so they are free to go at any time and hence, I need to treat them well.
If an employee is seduced by an offer that doesn't work out - they can (and have) come back and can bring back what they learned.
One of the thing that I learned from such exits an re-entryies is that money is not always the best motivator - I used to run really lean to have a high payroll. Now I run lean to provide a good work environment - I can now fire bad companies that don't respect my employees.
- rodgerd 11y ago> I can see why's that would be frustrating, but my employees are not "mine" - so they are free to go at any time and hence, I need to treat them well. It's great to hear someone articulating that point on HN. There is too often a constant stream of suggestions to the effect employees are a form of chattel.
- thirdtruck 11y agoIf I hadn't started my new job just this week, I'd ask if you were hiring.
- ddingus 11y agoThanks for expressing that point of view.