Comment by MichaelZuo
3 days ago
The real question is why would smart competent people continue working under management with blatant ulterior motives that negatively affect them?
Why let their own credibility get dragged down for a second time, third time, fourth time, etc…?
The first time is understandable but not afterwards.
Astronomical salaries probably has something to do with it.
Yeah that could convince smart competent people to grind their teeth and take a second chance under the same management.
But I don’t think a self respecting person would do that over and over.
When people live in multi million dollar homes, self-respect doesn't pay monthly mortgage.
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You may be over-estimating how many people are self-respecting?
Depends on the paycheck.
People will do crazy things for just $100. Including literally get fucked in the ass by a stranger.
7 figures? Ho boy. They’ll use way fancier words though for that.
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There's a high switching cost with substantial information asymmetry. Good places are hard to find in some absolute sense and it's hard to evaluate whether a new team is actually going to be good or not. And even if you do find a good team, there's no guarantee it'll last past the next reorg.
In today’s market it’s mostly because of the lack of other options to earn a livelihood
serious answer - you find a team with a good direct manager who handles all the upward interactions themselves, and then you basically work for that manager, rather than for the company.
Rent wont pay itself. Switching jobs has costs.