Struggling with this now as a manager. Engineers are always looking for the next big IPO or unicorn. Any tips on how to retain them if you are a tier 2 company? Assume tier 0 and tier 1 exist above you. #tech Edit: say you are a top performer and ambitious, driven. Any way to retain you if you are capable of finding a job at FAANG/unicorn? Or should we be hiring less ambitious, less capable folks?
Value them based on salaries as per market standard, give them work life balance, and make them feel valued. Stop giving them fake hopes.. Dont ever take an inspiration from amazon😅
maintain a strong and nurturing culture
You could find that anywhere tbh
Microsoft that depends on the manager really
Work at a company that engineers want to work at? Pay more? Sell the company better? Invest in your engineers more?
Promote them when they deserve. Give them salary increase every year. In tier 2 company 3000$ salary difference can make huge impact on individual motivation. Encourage them to take courses outside the company ect… and if you can’t do that just stop bullshitting about company “value” and “culture” because that makes things worse
Did all these and still lost good engineers
Are you amazon @Op??
Hire good engineers who are bad at leetcode.
Best advice I have seen so far but this pool of individuals might not be that large.
It is a pretty large pool.
More money, better titles, better culture and more money
OP disappeared 😂 Only wants info Doesn’t want to contribute to the discussion No wonder he’s losing employees
Nope, still here
In the time he asked question and now, be himself left the role to tier 1 company
1. Dont copy big tech’s interview process. Smooth interview and onboarding. 2. Pay them atleast 80% of what standard big Tech pays if not more (ignore unicorns). 3. Value their experience, wlb and give flexibility. 4. Last but not the least, foster a personalized friendly culture.
I thought I did all these but still losing employees left and right to top tier companies
What reasons do they give for leaving?
One cheap perk that engineers really like is the ability to choose their own workstation. Let them get some fancy mechanical keyboard and monitors. It won't cost you more than a few hundred/thousands but engineers go crazy for stuff like that.
So true. It’s things like that, and free food averaging $15pp vs $10pp (huge difference to anyone who worked at Dropbox vs Uber), that make such a difference. In Airbnb’s case, having a sick office is nice too - the environment where you spent like 40h / week matters. $600k TC doesn’t matter as much if you’re in a dungeon all week. TLDR: environment and things to augment the job matter
Airbnb does/did offer top of market pay though. Plus great benefits & awesome office.
Lax your interview standards and pay them as much as you can
Amazon's policy?
I don't think amazon has an issue attracting talent. Infact the opposite. Pay high burn them out. Recycling for next gen