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While an interesting observation, and good to be backed up with fact/analysis, it's not particularly surprising - as companies grow and mature, their character
by choult 13y ago
While an interesting observation, and good to be backed up with fact/analysis, it's not particularly surprising - as companies grow and mature, their character changes and attract a different sort of employee. Gone, perhaps, are the younger, more risk-taking employees and in come the older, more risk-averse employees.
I doubt that "start-up culture" is what is required - I'm sure that the variety of work that comes with a smaller number of employees is a huge factor. Maybe they employ too many workers, or perhaps there isn't the ability to cross teams/functions.
What would be more interesting would be if those "tech giants" dropped in average talent as a result (though good luck in measuring that!) or even in total employee terms.
- tlogan 13y agoActually, it is also goes other way too. In a stagnant company which is laying off people, probability that you will be laid off increases with seniority (and your salary). And decision to be laid off is completely outside your control: the entire project can be just closed. So if you are less risk-averse you better move to growing company from stagnant one. But I would love to see some facts numbers behind this.
- morganherlocker 13y agoThis is logical, but I doubt risk averse people often think this way.
- hox 13y agoWhy correlate age to risk taking? And in this context, what is the risk of going to a twitter/Dropbox/box, which all have major funding and major revenue streams?