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I just got done having a conversation with someone who experienced this kind of problem in banking. Lack of domain experts and a dry pipeline. I suspect everyon

I just got done having a conversation with someone who experienced this kind of problem in banking. Lack of domain experts and a dry pipeline. I suspect everyone is struggling with finding people who aren't a complete waste of space these days. Today is one of those days where I feel like I am watching the modern world grind to a halt in real-time. You only have to hop up a few threads to read about how our education system is hopelessly wrecked because of ineffectual leadership/parenting blaming technology and other worthless political nonsense. How long until certain important semiconductor industry knowledge suffers information theoretic death simply because no one was around to tell it to? Perhaps we could we radically alter our HR policies and try wild shit like... hire literally anyone who is willing to walk into the clean room, assuming they follow proper protocol. Do we really need to be gate keeping & piss testing our employees when we can't even find candidates anymore? At a certain point, I'd be happy to buy the chips made in the non-compliant clean room by drunkards if they are the only ones available on the shelf.

gorjusborg 3y ago
Businesses who want to hire experts in their niche for pennies on the dollar will have a hard time finding people. The great thing about people is that they can get really good at things in the right environment. Build your own experts and recognize the incentive to retain your investment by keeping workers happy.
- pylua 3y ago
  This is the simple truth. I feel like a lot of companies have over promised and hired people that could not do the job for cheap or simply don’t pay to retain people. The reality is that this has created a race to the bottom for everyone.
  - gorjusborg 3y ago
    Ironically, the erosion of company -> employee loyalty has destroyed employee -> company loyalty, which has made it hard for companies to retain talent they've helped foster. While it might seem attractive for a company to invest little-to-nothing in keeping talent, they're making small short-term gains for a long-term loss. The trouble is that it isn't viewed as a loss, it's viewed as business-as-usual: 'it's so hard to find skilled people'. The rise of publicly-traded companies doesn't help this, as it tends to encourage short-term tactics over long-term strategy.

gorjusborg 3y ago

Businesses who want to hire experts in their niche for pennies on the dollar will have a hard time finding people. The great thing about people is that they can get really good at things in the right environment. Build your own experts and recognize the incentive to retain your investment by keeping workers happy.

pylua 3y ago
This is the simple truth. I feel like a lot of companies have over promised and hired people that could not do the job for cheap or simply don’t pay to retain people. The reality is that this has created a race to the bottom for everyone.
- gorjusborg 3y ago
  Ironically, the erosion of company -> employee loyalty has destroyed employee -> company loyalty, which has made it hard for companies to retain talent they've helped foster. While it might seem attractive for a company to invest little-to-nothing in keeping talent, they're making small short-term gains for a long-term loss. The trouble is that it isn't viewed as a loss, it's viewed as business-as-usual: 'it's so hard to find skilled people'. The rise of publicly-traded companies doesn't help this, as it tends to encourage short-term tactics over long-term strategy.