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Yes it has an effect. In a tight labour market, any restriction on the number of people who are willing to do your work will increase your costs. Eventually, y
by jpollock 6y ago
Yes it has an effect. In a tight labour market, any restriction on the number of people who are willing to do your work will increase your costs.
Eventually, you might start to ask "why" and change some things to bring the costs back in line.
For example, I know lots of people (including me), who refused interviews with Uber post harassment revelations.
- jccc 6y agoI understand that in principle it could have an effect, and I understand how. I'm questioning whether that market for developers really is tight enough to matter, whether employers and top policy makers would even notice that some number of people withhold their skills in protest. I'm wondering if perhaps there are other more powerful ways for these developers to exert their influence, whether in these positions or outside of them.
- jpollock 6y agoThat would be an interesting research paper, particularly if it was able to quantify the effect of various blows to a companies reputation. "The effect of corporate reputation on staffing costs"? A quick googling implies "yes"? https://www.igniyte.co.uk/blog/how-a-bad-corporate-reputation-can-affect-recruitment/#:~:text=Reputation%20effects,to%20work%20by%20potential%20candidates https://www.igniyte.co.uk/blog/how-a-bad-corporate-reputatio....
- TeaDrunk 6y agoI was under the impression that lack of talent does matter- if top talent doesn't want to work for you, you can't replace top talent with less-top talent and expect to maintain your competitive edge. Especially if said top talent is now working for a competitor.