All those years of hard-earned know-how just vanish overnight. Some leave on their own, some are kicked out. The new hires mean well, but they don’t have the background to keep things steady. You can’t replace decades of knowledge with a two-week onboarding. It’s scary seeing how fragile the whole system really is.
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@a8 Hi G2, welcome to the site!
Sure....but, you have to treat talent as a pipeline. You have no choice but to incorporate new grads, interns and mid career folks alongside the seasoned vets. People move on, they rest and vest, they mentally quit....I don't know of any truly great orgs that are staffed only by thirty year vets
There is some truth to the OP's post, unfortunately. It seems to be more frequent where I have to teach someone how to do their job who is in an entirely different function/VP/SVP org.
The ELT are used car sales people and have no idea about technology. They don’t even know what they don’t know. They don’t care about skilled people and talent walking away because they have no concept or grasp of those skills or knowledge.
Cisco keeps shooting itself in the foot, which is why the company is in limbo.
Self realization comes when customers sense this and leave at mass. Then the leftover have to leave too.
Don't worry. AI will solve everything.