Worth Reading – Managing a remote team of engineers
You may notice how frequently the words “intentional” or “on purpose” appear. With remote teams, nothing is left to chance encounters, because there aren’t chance encounters.
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Worth Reading – Layoffs Cast a Long Shadow
Layoffs aren’t good for business. They are detrimental to employees, even those not directly affected, and I would add that they also don’t benefit customers.
The only benefit large corporations seem to get from layoffs is an increase in stock price, and that might be everything you need to know about the priorities of the C-Suite.
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Worth Reading – The Hidden Job Market: Why 70% of Roles Are Never Posted Online – and How to Access Them
Which, of course, brings us back to the original point about these kinds of jobs. You need to know people. Employers need to have employees who know people, as well as know people themselves, and job seekers need to have connections. The only way this works is if you get referrals, and you only get referrals through connections.
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Worth Reading – The Real Cost of Poor Leadership in Workplaces
When good talent does leave, as the article mentions, they often cite the need to get away from their manager. However, bad managers don’t exist in a vacuum. They are created in a poor culture, which comes straight from the top.
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This is not a stat that makes corporate jobs seem worthwhile
It takes some cojones to talk about the company being a family when you make six hundred times the salary of the average worker. Don’t be surprised that workers aren’t loyal to you and the company. You’re not showing them any loyalty.
