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I think we've seen enough articles about how Apple workers are supposedly ready to quit in droves. If it's still not happening in this market I doubt it ever w

I think we've seen enough articles about how Apple workers are supposedly ready to quit in droves. If it's still not happening in this market I doubt it ever will.

carlmr 4y ago
I mean apart from any other biases in this survey, a lot of people are "ready to quit" at any point in time, in almost any company, but a lot of these people are still there years after giving such a statement. It might be more comfortable to stay, the alternatives may need some effort to find, another job might be too far away, the other job might be cool but pay less, you might have a family and need stability. There are plenty of reasons why people don't just move when they're "ready to quit". So that is kind of a meaningless question. The only question that matters is how many people do quit. Because if people do quit in droves, you might have an issue. Until then, I wouldn't hold my breath.
kcplate 4y ago
Perhaps I am an old man (well, not perhaps, I am an old man), but when I started this tech adventure nearly 40 years ago, you were damned happy if you had a desk not located in the freezing cold computer room. You thought you were the kind of the world if you had eyeshot of a window to the outside. Nowadays people are griping about having to go to perhaps the nicest corporate campus facility ever built 3 days a week. Dare I say it? Yea, I dare. I think this latest generation has become whiny and weak.
- mgarfias 4y ago
  Some of are at lesser campuses. For instance, our espresso bar is closed and I have to walk to a whole different building to get one. It sux
  - kcplate 4y ago
    I managed some data centers a couple of decades ago. I always had trouble sleeping when I visited the Miami location. Ultimately figured out that the automated espresso machine that was literally 4 steps from my desk that I was hitting 5x+ a day, coupled with the facility’s afternoon tradition of the employees walking around dropping multiple shots of their Cuban coffee coladas on my desk would amp up my caffeine. Those were good times.

I think we've seen enough articles about how Apple workers are supposedly ready to quit in droves. If it's still not happening in this market I doubt it ever will.

carlmr 4y ago

I mean apart from any other biases in this survey, a lot of people are "ready to quit" at any point in time, in almost any company, but a lot of these people are still there years after giving such a statement. It might be more comfortable to stay, the alternatives may need some effort to find, another job might be too far away, the other job might be cool but pay less, you might have a family and need stability. There are plenty of reasons why people don't just move when they're "ready to quit". So that is kind of a meaningless question. The only question that matters is how many people do quit. Because if people do quit in droves, you might have an issue. Until then, I wouldn't hold my breath.

kcplate 4y ago

Perhaps I am an old man (well, not perhaps, I am an old man), but when I started this tech adventure nearly 40 years ago, you were damned happy if you had a desk not located in the freezing cold computer room. You thought you were the kind of the world if you had eyeshot of a window to the outside. Nowadays people are griping about having to go to perhaps the nicest corporate campus facility ever built 3 days a week. Dare I say it? Yea, I dare. I think this latest generation has become whiny and weak.

mgarfias 4y ago
Some of are at lesser campuses. For instance, our espresso bar is closed and I have to walk to a whole different building to get one. It sux
- kcplate 4y ago
  I managed some data centers a couple of decades ago. I always had trouble sleeping when I visited the Miami location. Ultimately figured out that the automated espresso machine that was literally 4 steps from my desk that I was hitting 5x+ a day, coupled with the facility’s afternoon tradition of the employees walking around dropping multiple shots of their Cuban coffee coladas on my desk would amp up my caffeine. Those were good times.