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I have witnessed this mindset. The employer was glad to let people go after they were frustrated with low wages and no raises for a while. The result: very high turnover, all technical knowledge in the company was lost after a while (fixing old products was very hard as no one knew how they worked), all in all a very bad idea if you ask me. But the boss seemed happy with this.


> But the boss seemed happy with this.

How did the company do long term? Was it growing/successful/profitable?

If so, maybe high turnover worked for that particular business. Doesn't match up with what I've seen from software businesses in general, though.

Would be interesting to see if there was any research on the impact of attrition on business success.




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