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Yes, I don’t think either party wants to be locked into a contract. Your personal example is interesting, though. I’d like to think we would entertain a contrac
by 1123581321 8y ago
Yes, I don’t think either party wants to be locked into a contract. Your personal example is interesting, though. I’d like to think we would entertain a contract if presented the idea, but that would require negotiation, as I mentioned, and I don’t see how training contracts with financial consequences to the candidate could scale effectively in a bureaucratic org —- but again, it’s a puzzle I keep trying to solve.
I respect but don’t generally share your dimmer view of the labor market, but I do agree that some companies have made it difficult for other companies to present themselves as stable places worth investing time into. I also think some employees have made it difficult for other employees. I try to improve the situations I can control.
- lovich 8y agoYour point about the trust between employers and employees being poisoned by bad actors has been true everywhere I've worked. I've seen both management micromanaging employees out of fear because they had one employee burn them with poor performance. I've also seen employers try to tell their employees that there was nothing to worry about and no one was going to get laid off despite the rumors, _and_ mean it, but employees started jumping ship because that's exactly what a company that's about to lay off everyone says