Is Google even good at retaining employees? The average tenure appears to be 1 to 2 years. [1] [2] [3] Hardly enough time to even know the impact and costs of

Is Google even good at retaining employees? The average tenure appears to be 1 to 2 years. [1] [2] [3] Hardly enough time to even know the impact and costs of what you developed and shipped. Kind of makes you wonder what type of work force you're creating when a large percentage of them are constantly leaving. Maybe for ICs this isn't a concern compared to Directors, VPs, or maybe Staff SEs? [1] https://www.payscale.com/data-packages/employee-loyalty/full-list https://www.payscale.com/data-packages/employee-loyalty/full... [2] https://buffer.com/resources/employee-tenure/ https://buffer.com/resources/employee-tenure/ [3] https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2019/10/17/this-is-how-long-employees-typically-stay-at-tesla.html https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2019/10/17/thi... I mean it intuitively kind of makes sense. If you work in a city with many other high paying prestigious jobs, why wouldn't you job hop? There's little risk, whereas if you were in a city that had very few prospects you'd probably stick around longer. I live in Boston and I jump around every year'ish getting more salary at each place I've worked at. If you worked at Google (or any other prestigious company), I imagine it's far far easier interviewing else where. Especially if you jump from prestigious company to prestigious company.