> I think it could happen if the incentives are set up differently, otherwise right now you spend time and effort training people only to have them change jobs

> I think it could happen if the incentives are set up differently, otherwise right now you spend time and effort training people only to have them change jobs in 2 years at a better company. - Can't you simply make a contract that binds them to your company for a longer time? (I don't know about the law in the US) - Focus the training on technology that is rather specific to your company so that other conpanies are less incentivized to poach the employee because the training that you gave him/her is much less of use for other companies.