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Ordered back to the office, top tech talent left instead, study finds

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Re: Ordered back to the office, top tech talent left instead, study finds

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Post by paranoidrobot »

talldayo wrote: post #3
throwitaway222 wrote: post #2

Does it matter if said top talent was just watching YT all day at home Their heyday was 2016-2019

In terms of opportunity cost, the only person losing in that scenario is the employer.

Unless, as some have suggested, it's a deliberate tactic to cheaply reduce headcount. (No need for severance/redundancy payouts if people self-select to leave).

Re: Ordered back to the office, top tech talent left instead, study finds

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Post by talldayo »

paranoidrobot wrote: post #7
talldayo wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In terms of opportunity cost, the only person losing in that scenario is the employer.

Unless, as some have suggested, it's a deliberate tactic to cheaply reduce headcount. (No need for severance/redundancy payouts if people self-select to leave).

If your only remaining employees are desperate sycophants, they're probably not the sort of top talent that actually knows what they're worth. Maybe I'm wrong though.

Re: Ordered back to the office, top tech talent left instead, study finds

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Post by dietr1ch »

relyks wrote: post #5
mvkel wrote: post #4

Of the -really- talented tech folks I know, the opposite happened.

They wanted to go back to working in an office setting?

They were not ordered to go back to the office? They were ordered not to go back to the office?
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