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> Strategies for attracting and retaining tech talent in a non-tech industry Pay a decent amount + meaningful perks (yes insurance, no tennis table), be decent
by trumbitta2 2y ago
> Strategies for attracting and retaining tech talent in a non-tech industry
Pay a decent amount + meaningful perks (yes insurance, no tennis table), be decent people, give them agency and let them see they're making an impact, allow them to use whatever hardware and software they think it's best to do their job, don't force them out of remote work if remote work is what they want, be decent people, be decent people, keep bureaucracy and excessive process out of their way, and last: be decent people.
- kstrauser 2y agoNailed it. Pay them well, treat them well, and let them do their jobs. If a company could only do 2 of those 3 for me, my expectations for those 2 would be through the roof: - Pay sucks? I need to feel like the most wanted person in the world and have free rein. - Management sucks? I better be getting rich from this, and I’m working on what I want to work on. - I’m going to be micromanaged? Hey, let’s talk about contractor pay, and the CEO needs to name a kid after me. If a company does all 3 things reasonably well, I’m your guy. 2 of 3, they’ll need to make up for the missing bit. Only have 1 of the 3? No way. (Miss me with any “you sound like a prima donna” nonsense. I don’t have crazy high expectations of those things. I do have a reasonable baseline though. I don’t work for free, I don’t work for jerks, and I don’t work where I can’t have freedom to do my best job for the person paying me.)