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I've often heard this "the best ones leave first because they're in demand" meme presented as fact. It sounds logical enough, but is there any evidence that thi

I've often heard this "the best ones leave first because they're in demand" meme presented as fact. It sounds logical enough, but is there any evidence that this is really what happens? Sometimes, the best and brightest are also the most invested into the organization's success, hence the least likely to leave. They may be earning a top salary, they may have the ear of the CEO, or they may just love their job too much to pack up and leave on a whim. It's been my experience that the biggest complainers when it comes to belt tightening policies are in fact the lesser contributors. The little dog yaps the loudest. I don't know exactly why, but it often seems this way.

jon-wood 11y ago
> The little dog yaps the loudest. I don't know exactly why, but it often seems this way. When you can't influence things directly, all that's left is bitching about them. The people who do have some influence will take their issues to the people who can change things, and generally either get things resolved, or come to understand why they are as they are.
jcadam 11y ago
I work at a small satellite office for a large company. I have no issues with the local management, but the general sentiment is our cost-cutting obsessed overlords up at corporate HQ just don't care about morale/retention. Senior people don't care as much about free soda as the young folks do. However, we do tend to have families and kids, so when you constantly erode our medical (higher premiums and deductibles starting next year, but at least they didn't nearly double our share of the premium like they did last year), dental, and vacation benefits, we lose motivation. ...and then we end up reading hacker news when we should be working.
Fjolsvith 11y ago
I left my previous company when they started pulling perks, and founded my own startup which is growing nicely and profitably.

jon-wood 11y ago

> The little dog yaps the loudest. I don't know exactly why, but it often seems this way. When you can't influence things directly, all that's left is bitching about them. The people who do have some influence will take their issues to the people who can change things, and generally either get things resolved, or come to understand why they are as they are.

jcadam 11y ago

I work at a small satellite office for a large company. I have no issues with the local management, but the general sentiment is our cost-cutting obsessed overlords up at corporate HQ just don't care about morale/retention. Senior people don't care as much about free soda as the young folks do. However, we do tend to have families and kids, so when you constantly erode our medical (higher premiums and deductibles starting next year, but at least they didn't nearly double our share of the premium like they did last year), dental, and vacation benefits, we lose motivation. ...and then we end up reading hacker news when we should be working.

Fjolsvith 11y ago

I left my previous company when they started pulling perks, and founded my own startup which is growing nicely and profitably.