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Why would you think this is more likely in the IT field, at least in the States? It makes good sense to hold back a good worker so that they keep doing good wo
by lithos 10y ago
Why would you think this is more likely in the IT field, at least in the States?
It makes good sense to hold back a good worker so that they keep doing good work, instead of spending a quarter on learning a new job.
It makes sense to put a ok(maybe bad) worker in a differnt position to see if they do better. Often seen as a promotion by others even if it's not.
In a normal workplace you don't just fire your bottom 5% each year without having chilling effects on your workforce. You move them around and see if they're capable elsewhere, and can use their knowledge/contacts in other parts of the company to have an advantage over a new hire.
- Spoom 10y agoThis has been my experience as well. Companies will keep their best developers as developers, and perhaps promote from other, less important areas to management (or, perhaps more often, hire externally). This is absolutely not limited to large companies in any way.
- oriel 10y ago> It makes sense to put a ok(maybe bad) worker in a differnt position to see if they do better. Often seen as a promotion by others even if it's not. What makes me look askance at this practice as a whole is when the ok/bad people are put in charge of the good workers. I've been a part of and heard of other teams (in my case specifically as a trench-software worker) being run into the ground by someone cross promoted and given serious control w/o oversight and minimal leadin. Obviously that's anecdotal at best, but I've seen it in my corner as extremely common.
- toomuchtodo 10y agoI've also seen people excellent at their job but terrible at managing and who have no emotional intelligence or interpersonal skills drive teams into the ground. Good managers are hard to find. People don't quit their job, they quit their boss.
- oriel 10y ago> Good managers are hard to find. People don't quit their job, they quit their boss. I think it is an adequate tl;dr for this whole thread...