I have solid offers with 2 small tech companies that appear to be well respected. Both companies have really strong employee retention within their engineering orgs, with a high percentage of engineers staying after 5+ years. Both companies just took an additional round of funding at > $50m and > $100m. (I used these companies for interview practice before my onsites with a couple FANGs and Uber.) My past experience with longstanding employees has been poor, for various reasons... the engineers had limited exposure to new tech, title inflation, wanted to maintain the status quo, ostracized new employees, etc... At the same time, I’ve met several smart and welcoming employees who valued the infusion of new blood. Would you be concerned about working for a company that had such strong retention? Or would you see it as a plus? Why or why not? TC: $290k, YOE: 15
My experience with engineers who stay long at a mid tier company is usually people who lack ambition or lack the ability to jump to better places.
I guess it is in general good sign. People are mostly staying because they love work culture, the second reason they can not find better job or lazy. I believe first is more common in Bay area
Once you stay too long you might ruin your diverse experiences and as a result get stuck there.