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I heard non-squeaky wheel look more loyal and are kept around.
by johnchristopher 3y ago
I heard non-squeaky wheel look more loyal and are kept around.
- ADuckOnQuack 3y ago"Loyalty" has been dead for decades, just look at that many accounts of successful teams and people that have been laid off in the last year alone. The same exact stories of hard working and dedicated people being laid off on a whim can be found going back decades. There's a reason that so many people now get prompted by moving "horizontally" between companies, very few companies today properly reward loyalty, if anything most actively incentivize individualism and disloyalty.
- nyc_data_geek 3y agoStaying with one company made sense when pensions were prevalent and unions were strong. Tech actively disincentives people from staying in one place too long, and instead of changing that they seek to limit mobility via NDA's, collusion, etc. It is a grossly atavistic world they've built, and the whole idea is to keep wages as low as they can.
- javcasas 3y agoDefinitely. But also expensive non-squeaky wheels get replaced with cheaper wheels if upper management is in the mood of cost cutting.
- johnchristopher 3y agoIs there always a cheaper wheel to replace cheap non-squeaky wheels ? Asking for a (n-already-too-)cheap(-to-their-liking) non-squeaky wheel friend of mine.
- javcasas 3y agoThere is always perceived cost cutting of outsourcing. There is always "we fired 20% of the people, now their workload is on your shoulders or you will also be fired". There is always "here is a book titled 'use agile to deliver twice as fast' now the deadline is in 3 months instead of 6 or else". The only defense against that is having more options.
- johnchristopher 3y agoYeah, in the end it's about always having a plan B at any time. Wheels gotta move I guess, it's in their nature after all.