> And finally, who and why hired those bad people in the first place? Or did they become bad after they were hired?
Often good people become bad for common corporate reasons:
1. They are hired with 100% benefits and slowly benefits are taken away, effectively a paycut (e.g., higher health insurance premiums, higher co-pays, no more educational reimbursements promised on offer letters)
2. They are not given pay increases in line with cost of living (sometimes given no pay increases) despite company products costing more with inflation and despite growth (employees arent dumb and notice this)
3. Promotions are popularity contests, not based on merit, and ambitious engineers realize merit doesnt matter and clock in/out w/o care
Often good people become bad for common corporate reasons:
1. They are hired with 100% benefits and slowly benefits are taken away, effectively a paycut (e.g., higher health insurance premiums, higher co-pays, no more educational reimbursements promised on offer letters)
2. They are not given pay increases in line with cost of living (sometimes given no pay increases) despite company products costing more with inflation and despite growth (employees arent dumb and notice this)
3. Promotions are popularity contests, not based on merit, and ambitious engineers realize merit doesnt matter and clock in/out w/o care