• BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        My new COO invited a few of us out individually to get a grasp on why people are leaving and how we can retain people. He really did suggest a ping-pong table. I think all of us set him straight that we couldn’t care less about that. I broke my personal record last month for hours worked in a week. It was over 75. If I leave, it will be because of that. Not because we don’t go to baseball games as a team, or don’t have a Foosball table.

        • threeLetterMeyhem@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          This is so frustratingly common. I worked for a company I loved and it got bought out by a company I hated. When people (including me) started quitting, the CTO said “but why? We have video games in the break room.”

          Large companies are often run by crazy people, I guess.

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      Oh no! The company is going to miss so many important aha moments that only happen spontaneously on coffee corner chit chat among the “how was your weekend with the kids and the wife”. To think of how many technological breakthroughs we’re going to miss…