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I had a VP of Engineering tell me once that 17 months is a standard tenure and that we should be happy with that. I think turnover was part of the strategy at t
by efnx 5y ago
I had a VP of Engineering tell me once that 17 months is a standard tenure and that we should be happy with that. I think turnover was part of the strategy at that point though...
- ivalm 5y agoI don’t quite understand, switching is good for the employee but in what world is it good for the employer? On-boarding/institutional knowledge/etc all suffer.
- jhatemyjob 5y agoHe didn't mean "we should be happy with that" literally. It's a colloquialism.
- rightbyte 5y agoYe it is really strange. Maybe it is some kinda of rationalization. Or people believe in that new people bring new ideas or something. My experience is that even the best engineers wont catch up for a year or something, to an mediocre one with years of experience in the project/field, if the project is somewhat complex and not routine. In 17 months it is really hard to do anything magnificent.