• Deestan@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    -We offer a competitive salary.

    -Places X, Y and Z offer much more.

    -We don’t compete with them.

    Stupidly enough - not satire. I’ve had this conversation with three different companies. They struggle to attract talent for some weird reason.

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      We don’t compete with them

      “Yes you do, and you’re losing.” Then walk out.

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        One of them was my current employer when I was arguing about not managing to keep people on my team.

        And I said exactly that, except didn’t walk out naturally. In another frustrated discussion I almost yelled “You can’t CHOOSE not to compete with them!”