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> This whole "let's over hire while the VC money is flowing and mass lay off as soon as it's not" thing will make talent think twice before applying to your com
by laichzeit0 4y ago
> This whole "let's over hire while the VC money is flowing and mass lay off as soon as it's not" thing will make talent think twice before applying to your company, and will make your existing talent eager to look elsewhere for more a more secure role.
It really won’t though. People have short term memories and ego. Also, the next hiring round will most likely be from a fresh crop of graduates that will zero collective memory of what happened since they were still in school.
- fn-mote 4y ago> Also, the next hiring round will most likely be from a fresh crop of graduates Sure, if you're only hiring new graduates. They're always cheap. And frequently those positions are a revolving door. I would be more concerned about hiring senior people, and what they heard through their network.
- mandelbrotwurst 4y agoYou're right. You need quite strong leadership from upper management to accomplish this as middle management will tend to bias for increasing their own headcount now. It's not even necessarily out of selfishness per se - more just that most managers are confident and believe that if they have more resources, that will inevitably translate into success for the company.