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Source for this: I used to work there. > it's 50% better for the 2/3 of remaining employees. Only in a very simplistic view. Basecamp runs very lean, ~58 peo
by wlll 5y ago
Source for this: I used to work there.
> it's 50% better for the 2/3 of remaining employees.
Only in a very simplistic view.
Basecamp runs very lean, ~58 people before this incident, which for the number of customers (large) is a small amount.
Basecamp is going to need to replace ~100% of those people. That means hiring costs, costs for hiring the wrong people, and lack of productivity.
This will most likely cost them more money than they "save".
- Sebb767 5y ago> That means hiring costs, costs for hiring the wrong people, and lack of productivity. Given that they seem to view politic discussions and committees as non-productive and that most of the people that left did so because these were important to them, they'll probably account for parts of their work and their leaving as "lack of productivity" and "hiring the wrong people" already. EDIT: From a company perspective - not judging either way.
- wlll 5y agoYou're mis-construing the situation. The people are leaving because of the heavy handed and incredibly insensitive policy making, not because they spent all their time in committees and that's being taken away from them. All the people that left that I knew were incredibly talented and productive people, they are going to be a nightmare to replace.
- Sebb767 5y agoI'm not judging the people that left - sorry if that was received wrongly. I'm trying to say that from the perspective of the company, they probably see this deal less bad than you do.
- wlll 5y agoKnowing what I know about the people who have left (so far) they are very much going to miss the people who have left. I don't know all of them as I left 5 years ago, but the ones I do know are all incredibly competent at what they do, including the ehtire iOS team.
- splitstud 5y agoAnd the people that were going to leave because they were being harassed by these talented people? How much would it have cost to replace them?
- wlll 5y agoThere's no indication that anything like that alternative would have happened.
- goatinaboat 5y agocosts for hiring the wrong people I've read a bit more about the background to this now, and they hired someone in December who immediately went on an internal advocacy campaign for their personal politics. So, all of this, is the cost of hiring a "wrong" person.
- wlll 5y agoSometimes you hire the wrong person, Basecamp has done it before. Having to replace (currently) 30%+ of your org increases that risk, in addition to the initial costs of hiring all those people and getting them up to speed.