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But then lose access to personal knowledge, making them burning more money when hiring new people. At my company we have 3 months notice and you can't easily b

But then lose access to personal knowledge, making them burning more money when hiring new people. At my company we have 3 months notice and you can't easily be locked out and set to leave. Some people is also strategically there: if they leave/die, none can replace them as they are the only ones to know some 'secrets'

ido 8y ago
Some people is also strategically there: if they leave/die, none can replace them as they are the only ones to know some 'secrets' That sounds like a pretty serious weakness the company should strive to improve upon.
- mcv 8y ago
  Yeah, having people you can't afford to lose is an insane risk. Of course it's important to value all your employees, but accidents can always happen. Sometimes people get ill or have an unfortunate accident. Every piece of vital information needs to be known by at least two people and preferably stored somewhere. But even then, lots of valuable knowledge and experience will still reside in the heads of people, and it's always good to have people share their information about going concerns.
toss1 8y ago
Allowing people to be there "strategically" because they are the sole repository of a critical chunk of knowledge or skill is a serious mismanagement failure. First, it makes the entire company vulnerable to a single accident to any one of the critical people -- massively increases the risk to every other employee and the owners. Second, if a person has deliberately worked to somehow create such a critical niche for themselves, I would make it a critical & urgent priority to develop workarounds ASAP, then fire them. Anyone actively working to create their own feifdom and point failure in your organization is not merely neutral, they have made themselves a direct adversary to the company and everyone who works there. Management needs to rectify that situation, fast.

ido 8y ago

Some people is also strategically there: if they leave/die, none can replace them as they are the only ones to know some 'secrets' That sounds like a pretty serious weakness the company should strive to improve upon.

mcv 8y ago
Yeah, having people you can't afford to lose is an insane risk. Of course it's important to value all your employees, but accidents can always happen. Sometimes people get ill or have an unfortunate accident. Every piece of vital information needs to be known by at least two people and preferably stored somewhere. But even then, lots of valuable knowledge and experience will still reside in the heads of people, and it's always good to have people share their information about going concerns.

toss1 8y ago

Allowing people to be there "strategically" because they are the sole repository of a critical chunk of knowledge or skill is a serious mismanagement failure. First, it makes the entire company vulnerable to a single accident to any one of the critical people -- massively increases the risk to every other employee and the owners. Second, if a person has deliberately worked to somehow create such a critical niche for themselves, I would make it a critical & urgent priority to develop workarounds ASAP, then fire them. Anyone actively working to create their own feifdom and point failure in your organization is not merely neutral, they have made themselves a direct adversary to the company and everyone who works there. Management needs to rectify that situation, fast.