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Yes, pretty spot on. Would these Facebook employees be happier if Fb decided the equilibrium point was way below SV/SF subsistence and reset everyone's salary a

Yes, pretty spot on. Would these Facebook employees be happier if Fb decided the equilibrium point was way below SV/SF subsistence and reset everyone's salary accordingly? "We're being fair. Work from wherever you like. Happy now?" I don't see that scenario hurting Fb. In fact, if I were Zuck, I might do it to clean house. There are plenty of talented people outside SV/SF and I bet they might be less focused on work as a source of free snacks and as a vehicle for their pet political causes.

disgruntledphd2 6y ago
The loss of institutional knowledge caused by a mass exodus at the same time would cripple them (and pretty much any company that doesn't have incredibly rigorous standards for documentation).
- coward8675309 6y ago
  I've been at startups where we experienced 90% engineering turnover over 12 mo. due to M&A or change of leadership. We got by. I'm sure Fb could cope.
  - disgruntledphd2 6y ago
    Having spent a lot of time listening to FB employees rant about the lack of documentation and the amount of information sitting in random employees heads, I'm not sure they would. For instance, all the ads leads who understand the core C++ code leave - how do they fix bugs?
  - iaw 6y ago
    I've worked at a startup and a very large company that grew from a startup. The former could survive, the latter most definitely would not (or at least not in the highly profitable form it existed).
  - rednerrus 6y ago
    I've been involved in these and it's a nightmare.
    - coward8675309 6y ago
      Yes. Most of my grey hair has come from those months that my job was mostly sorting through the rubble.
  - cjaybo 6y ago
    Aren't the dynamics of this type of turnover very different depending on the size of the company? It seems entirely unsurprising to me that a startup would fare better than a company that has been around for over a decade when trying to replace a significant chunk of its developers.

disgruntledphd2 6y ago

The loss of institutional knowledge caused by a mass exodus at the same time would cripple them (and pretty much any company that doesn't have incredibly rigorous standards for documentation).

coward8675309 6y ago
I've been at startups where we experienced 90% engineering turnover over 12 mo. due to M&A or change of leadership. We got by. I'm sure Fb could cope.
- disgruntledphd2 6y ago
  Having spent a lot of time listening to FB employees rant about the lack of documentation and the amount of information sitting in random employees heads, I'm not sure they would. For instance, all the ads leads who understand the core C++ code leave - how do they fix bugs?
- iaw 6y ago
  I've worked at a startup and a very large company that grew from a startup. The former could survive, the latter most definitely would not (or at least not in the highly profitable form it existed).
- rednerrus 6y ago
  I've been involved in these and it's a nightmare.
  - coward8675309 6y ago
    Yes. Most of my grey hair has come from those months that my job was mostly sorting through the rubble.
- cjaybo 6y ago
  Aren't the dynamics of this type of turnover very different depending on the size of the company? It seems entirely unsurprising to me that a startup would fare better than a company that has been around for over a decade when trying to replace a significant chunk of its developers.