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Your perspective is just as naive as this guy's, just in the other direction. If your employees are so happy and you are so confident that they won't leave, mi

Your perspective is just as naive as this guy's, just in the other direction. If your employees are so happy and you are so confident that they won't leave, might as well publish their resumes and contact info on your website. If you're afraid of 'poaching' you should just... you know... treat your employees with respect and make sure they are happy with their job Even if you have happy employees and you are treating them with respect, you should be afraid of them being poached.

seivan 13y ago
Bullshit. The two things don't even correlate. The fact that you even think so is astonishing.
venomsnake 13y ago
Well I as employee currently am in the exact position. A few interviews I had in the last year (I work from home for 7 years now) - Do you allow remote work? - No - Then you have to more than triple my current salary (it was double but one company accepted it) - We will call you. Treating your people properly and with respect could help a lot.
potatolicious 13y ago
Why not? It's not as if it will make a difference - developers are already bombarded daily with many recruiters, some of whom actually represent good positions at good companies. The market for programmers right now is very efficient. If someone isn't being paid well enough, or treated well enough, than they can get on the free market, this problem will resolve itself very shortly. What this company is doing is basically security through obscurity, except made hopeless by the fact that I have no doubt all of his developers are being courted frequently via non-company channels.
nknighthb 13y ago
It's very common for upper management to have profiles on corporate websites. I also know one small-medium company off the top of my head where most of the technical leadership are on their website, too (most sans direct contact information, but that's hardly difficult to come by if you're looking to hire someone). I don't recall the name, but I recently encountered another company (I believe a startup that showed up on HN) that appeared to have most of its staff displayed on their site. I remember not so much because it was unusual in itself, but because it was extremely prominent. This company was obviously very proud of the people working for them, and quite pleased to let the world know.
andyhmltn 13y ago
>publish their resumes and contact info on your website Quite a few companies do. The fact is: If you love your job, you won't leave. It's not a hard concept.

seivan 13y ago

Bullshit. The two things don't even correlate. The fact that you even think so is astonishing.

venomsnake 13y ago

Well I as employee currently am in the exact position. A few interviews I had in the last year (I work from home for 7 years now) - Do you allow remote work? - No - Then you have to more than triple my current salary (it was double but one company accepted it) - We will call you. Treating your people properly and with respect could help a lot.

potatolicious 13y ago

Why not? It's not as if it will make a difference - developers are already bombarded daily with many recruiters, some of whom actually represent good positions at good companies. The market for programmers right now is very efficient. If someone isn't being paid well enough, or treated well enough, than they can get on the free market, this problem will resolve itself very shortly. What this company is doing is basically security through obscurity, except made hopeless by the fact that I have no doubt all of his developers are being courted frequently via non-company channels.

nknighthb 13y ago

It's very common for upper management to have profiles on corporate websites. I also know one small-medium company off the top of my head where most of the technical leadership are on their website, too (most sans direct contact information, but that's hardly difficult to come by if you're looking to hire someone). I don't recall the name, but I recently encountered another company (I believe a startup that showed up on HN) that appeared to have most of its staff displayed on their site. I remember not so much because it was unusual in itself, but because it was extremely prominent. This company was obviously very proud of the people working for them, and quite pleased to let the world know.

andyhmltn 13y ago

>publish their resumes and contact info on your website Quite a few companies do. The fact is: If you love your job, you won't leave. It's not a hard concept.