[astannard]

My previous company had had such a stable team with no-one leaving for two and a half years. The pay was not amazing but we all got on well and the company seemed to treat us all well. A new CEO came along and got the CTO to make a third of the team redundant. Soon after everyone left apart from 2 devs and one tester (16 in team originally ). They will struggle to offer support and introduce new features now. Its a big shame really good things were happening and then bang it all fell apart.

[ihateolives]

> stable team with no-one leaving for two and a half years

Amazing how times change. 15 years ago I left a company after 6 years and they were "really? why? we're just getting started with intresting things, honest."

They weren't.

[Clubber]

Yes, I've had 8 year and 6 year tenures in my career, sprinkled with 2 year stints. The 8 and 6 year tenures were great, so I stayed. At least until we got acquired by a larger company which made it not so great, so I left.

I can't imagine the cost of a software company not being able to release quality releases because of brain drain. I can't imagine executives being so isolated from the ground that they don't realize this or don't care. US business seems so short sighted today. Perhaps that's necessary to make the quickest buck. I've noticed this trend in mostly larger corporations, so I stay away from them and usually work at smaller, fast growth companies when I can find them.

[l30n4da5]

> They weren't.

This made me giggle. Mostly because I recall a very similar experience.