alt Hacker NewsWhy should I have a junior developer who is going to do negative work instead of poaching a mid developer who is probably underpaid since salary compression and inversion are real?
As a manager, say I do hire a junior developer, invest time into them and they level up. I go to the HR department and tell them that they deserve a 30% raise to bring them inline with the other mid level developers.
The HR department is going to say that’s out of policy and then the developer jumps ship.
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Sounds like you need to have a chat with your HR person. Retaining talent is definitely something an HR person should be concerned about.
> The HR department is going to say that’s out of policy and then the developer jumps ship.
If you work for a company like this, you should jump ship.
> Why should I have a junior developer who is going to do negative work instead of poaching a mid developer who is probably underpaid since salary compression and inversion are real?
The tragedy of the commons in a nutshell. Maybe everyone should invest in junior developers so that everyone has mid-level developers to poach later?