Layoff is part of business cycle that everyone of us have to deal with. For upper management who decided the layoff, the key is to make sure you do it quick and deep enough so that you don’t have to do a second, third, fourth round in next few months. For the middle managers who didn’t get laid off, the key is to be nice to the employees who get laid off and give them whatever support they have. For employee who get laid off, the key is to realize that it is not you, it is business. A business that couldn’t afford to have you anymore. You should take this as an opportunity to move on to better or greater thing. Remember the only constant in life is change.
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One of my good developers resigned to day. I asked her about the reason of leaving. She told me that she wanted a more stable company and the company that we are working for is high stake, high risk and she doesn’t really know if it will last. I asked her if there is any other reason such as work environment, job satisfaction and salary. She told me no. As a manager, I can do what I can to improve the work environment, job satisfaction and salary. There is one thing that I can’t promise is if a startup will success or not. So I can’t really do something for her. Software development is all about getting and keeping good developers. A lot of people want to put emphasis on process. However, software development is not a factory process even a lot of people want it to be. It is a creative, research and learning process. It needs people who are creative, able to learn and explore and attach new problems. My question for the day is how do you keep good people?: