Depends. For the company it is mostly bad because people will think there are issues with the business itself. Many companies have a high turnover in departmen

Depends. For the company it is mostly bad because people will think there are issues with the business itself. Many companies have a high turnover in departments like sales, it but retain engineers for longer timeframes. Everytime designers and developers leave the company, you loose part of the knowledge. Even with the best knowledge management and documentation, that is a costly loss. Most companies don't have sensible knowledge management anyway. Of course sales also carries knowledge, but the field likes to play very competative as it seems and it seems to not be valued by sales management somehow. I think regular switching is restricted to very large companies. Any other company does a lot to retain its staff, it would be too expensive otherwise. But I think large companies cannot really offer anything else than money. I would consider high turnover a problem. I like my coleagues and don't want to see them exchanged constantly. > So why is nothing done about it? I think companies try. If you ask for more money, you may get it. A high entry salary helps for negotiation, but isn't a necessity.