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[-] solarvector@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 months ago

Small business with one person leaving having a catastrophic impact, sure.

Giant corporation, one person can't tip the scales, regardless of skill and knowledge.

[-] krashmo@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago

Then why do we pay CEOs millions of dollars?

This is a rhetorical question.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Small businesses do the same shit.

As an embedded systems engineer, I left a small business to triple my pay. They eventually replaced me with someone at twice my old salary, but they couldn't hack it and the company folded not long after.

[-] solarvector@lemmy.zip 3 points 8 months ago

Definitely agreed. I'm just saying that example can crush a small company, but in a larger one the risk is spread out to be more of a "the house always wins" situation. Even if they lose some of the time they will come out ahead with the shitty exploitative strategy.

[-] maniclucky@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

You'd be surprised. I've worked for a fortune 500 and knew people that, if the left, would cause a multi million dollar facility to grind to a halt for at least a month. And management was only barely aware of how important they were

[-] glimse@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

I was at a small company for 7 years working 50-60 hours weeks. I left for a large company where I work 40...at most. Usually I get my stuff done and have a "free" day.

Even including the overtime pay at the first job, my checks here are over 50% bigger.

It took the threat of poaching for the boss to do anything but they wound up giving my coworker a raise. Clearly they had the money.

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