But usually, they are treated as such. American companies have a hard time treating most of their white collar workforce as anything but.
On the other hand, Stripe has been seemingly well managed up to this point - but they have only existed in happy times so far. Many companies change their tune when the chips are down.
> It's also very expensive and difficult to hire new ones, even if you're hiring them at a cheaper salary than the last ones.
This may be true - but the average tenure of a tech worker shows most firms are not able to do act on this.
> Stripe 100% wants to retain its employee base, just like any company would.
I wouldn't put it past Stripe, but "just like any company would" is pretty naive. Serious retention efforts are by far the exception in my observation. This also weakens your argument - is Stripe not actively working to retain talent or are they just like "any company?" If really the latter, then they are fucked.
But usually, they are treated as such. American companies have a hard time treating most of their white collar workforce as anything but. On the other hand, Stripe has been seemingly well managed up to this point - but they have only existed in happy times so far. Many companies change their tune when the chips are down.
> It's also very expensive and difficult to hire new ones, even if you're hiring them at a cheaper salary than the last ones.
This may be true - but the average tenure of a tech worker shows most firms are not able to do act on this.
> Stripe 100% wants to retain its employee base, just like any company would.
I wouldn't put it past Stripe, but "just like any company would" is pretty naive. Serious retention efforts are by far the exception in my observation. This also weakens your argument - is Stripe not actively working to retain talent or are they just like "any company?" If really the latter, then they are fucked.