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The more I think about this the less sense it makes. Over-hiring expensive tech workers with planned firings after a few months will burn incredible amounts of
by evantbyrne 3y ago
The more I think about this the less sense it makes. Over-hiring expensive tech workers with planned firings after a few months will burn incredible amounts of cash. If management can't effectively evaluate candidates for a single role, then why assume they will have success by increasing the number of employees? And if engineering management can't evaluate candidates, then they probably stink at onboarding as well, so that initial period will likely prove very little about the new hires. They also have to communicate their intentions up-front not only for ethical reasons but to avoid lawsuits from fired employees that almost certainly have the resources to sue for any alternative opportunities that they were screwed out of. So the company has to compensate people for their risk to even get qualified candidates, which means paying contract rates.
- ghaff 3y agoTo be clear, internships/co-ops/summer jobs can make a lot of sense for university students. But, even new grads, if they get cut after 3 months (and it can take a while for a new grad to get into work life), they're now on the street outside their university placement resources and on-campus interview flow.
- evantbyrne 3y agoI agree with everything you are saying. The temporary nature of a college internship is mutually beneficial. That's not in the case with general employment where workers desire more stability, so employers have to sweeten the deal to bring in equivalent workers.