When someone puts in their notice, have you asked them why?
If you personally know someone who left, go ask them.
They would be a better indicator than those of us on Hacker News.
Ask HN: What to do when people are leaving my company every week?
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Re: Ask HN: What to do when people are leaving my company every week?
#22Often it's because a lot of them stuck around for each other, so when someone leaves, the others follow a friend. It's often caused by conflict in culture. A lot of people often mistake this for bad management, but very often it can be caused by bad employees too. I've entered companies that were bleeding employees (they're easy to interview for, lol). Some are great. They bled out a lot of the fat and toxins and wen…
> A lot of people often mistake this for bad management, but very often it can be caused by bad employees too. If a company is allowing poisonous employees to remain at the company, that is bad management in action.
It's not just poisonous ones. Sometimes they're just lazy, perfectionist, incompetent and so on. Large organizations face this problem a lot, where they scare away talent by not having the right culture.
Re: Ask HN: What to do when people are leaving my company every week?
#23According to a recent research these are the few things that makes attrition rate high :
1. Political Culture (mostly depends on middle and upper managers).
2. Lack of motivation.
3. No growth and less salary.
4. No sense of ownership and flexibility.
5. People screwing up things for credits.
Re: Ask HN: What to do when people are leaving my company every week?
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Very bad? Really! It was my understanding that companies account for that, they expect it even, since they make staff replaceable by nature. In any case, it's a gamble. I fear that if too many people leave none of the original staff will remain and management will suck. Good advice, I should ask some of them before they leave.
I meant a very bad sign for employees or potential employees when trying to guess whether it's a good place to work. I once took a job with FAANG-level pay and realized too late that their annual turnover was 30%. It was extremely unpleasant to find out that it was that high for a reason. I left quickly.
This happened to me and the people interviewing me had left by the time I started!