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If your company knows what situation it is in, and if that situation persists for more than a year, your company is already better than many. The company I just
by thedance 7y ago
If your company knows what situation it is in, and if that situation persists for more than a year, your company is already better than many. The company I just left had an endless parade of new missions, new "values", new career ladder descriptions, and the median tenure of managers in engineering was about 6 months. The idea that you can either rate the performance of your staff or predictively hire engineers who will succeed under these conditions is a joke.
- geoffroberts 7y agoThat's true.... that might not be a company you want to work for. If there's not clear strategic direction and things constantly shift, it's very hard to hire anybody effectively into the org.
- tschiller 7y agoYep, if your company is having leadership/strategy problems you're not going to go far. But as a hiring manager in that situation, you can select for team members who excel at dealing with ambiguity, internal locus of control, vision, etc. Additionally, you would look for people who value learning vs. psychological safety, etc. You're in a known situation, and that situation is constant change and churn