Comments on: Don’t Roll out the Red Carpet on the Way out the Door http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2009/11/16/dont-roll-out-the-red-carpet-on-the-way-out-the-door/ Entrepreneur turned VC Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:23:06 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Star Employees - Hire them & Keep them http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2009/11/16/dont-roll-out-the-red-carpet-on-the-way-out-the-door/comment-page-1/#comment-3305 Star Employees - Hire them & Keep them Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:00:49 +0000 http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/?p=1415#comment-3305 [...] http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2009/11/16/dont-roll-out-the-red-carpet-on-the-way-out-the-door/ [...] [...] http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2009/11/16/dont-roll-out-the-red-carpet-on-the-way-out-the-door/ [...]

]]> By: Online Business Start Up blog, tips and tricks for tech start ups http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2009/11/16/dont-roll-out-the-red-carpet-on-the-way-out-the-door/comment-page-1/#comment-3304 Online Business Start Up blog, tips and tricks for tech start ups Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:59:00 +0000 http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/?p=1415#comment-3304 <strong>Star Employees – Hire them & Keep them...</strong> photo credit: jaeWALK The staff of any business/startup can be divided into three categories; A, B and C. The people belonging to “category A” – the extraordinaire and really talented people are the ones every business wants to kee... Star Employees – Hire them & Keep them…

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The staff of any business/startup can be divided into three categories; A, B and C. The people belonging to “category A” – the extraordinaire and really talented people are the ones every business wants to kee…

]]> By: Don’t Roll out the Red Carpet on the Way out the Door | CloudAve http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2009/11/16/dont-roll-out-the-red-carpet-on-the-way-out-the-door/comment-page-1/#comment-2345 Don’t Roll out the Red Carpet on the Way out the Door | CloudAve Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:40:02 +0000 http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/?p=1415#comment-2345 [...] Find ways to Roll out the Red Carpet while they’re still in the castle.(Cross-posted @ Both Sides of the Table)Posted Under : Entrepreneurship Tags startups entrepreneurship management hiring Startup Advice [...] [...] Find ways to Roll out the Red Carpet while they’re still in the castle.(Cross-posted @ Both Sides of the Table)Posted Under : Entrepreneurship Tags startups entrepreneurship management hiring Startup Advice [...]

]]> By: MAPping Company Success http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2009/11/16/dont-roll-out-the-red-carpet-on-the-way-out-the-door/comment-page-1/#comment-2326 MAPping Company Success Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:33:12 +0000 http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/?p=1415#comment-2326 [...] one-and-a-half is a great commentary on the stupidity of waiting to apply a retention tourniquet until an employee is frustrated, disgusted and ready to [...] [...] one-and-a-half is a great commentary on the stupidity of waiting to apply a retention tourniquet until an employee is frustrated, disgusted and ready to [...]

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]]> By: rhatta http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2009/11/16/dont-roll-out-the-red-carpet-on-the-way-out-the-door/comment-page-1/#comment-2635 rhatta Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:01:59 +0000 http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/?p=1415#comment-2635 Mark, this might be old news to you, but check out the internal culture presentation from Netflix found at <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/05/other-companies-should-have-to-read-this-internal-netflix-presentation/" rel="nofollow">http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/05/other-comp...</a>.<br><br>Relevant to this post, they assess compensation and termination in the following scenario: if an employee accepted another offer and you aren't willing to fight to keep them, you should let them go today; if you would pay them more to stay, give them the raise now. They go into deeper detail, but the point is the same. Throwing cash or incentives at people after they've decided to leave is too late. Mark, this might be old news to you, but check out the internal culture presentation from Netflix found at http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/05/other-comp....

Relevant to this post, they assess compensation and termination in the following scenario: if an employee accepted another offer and you aren't willing to fight to keep them, you should let them go today; if you would pay them more to stay, give them the raise now. They go into deeper detail, but the point is the same. Throwing cash or incentives at people after they've decided to leave is too late.

]]> By: when good people resign (to join you) | Climbing Mount Improbable http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2009/11/16/dont-roll-out-the-red-carpet-on-the-way-out-the-door/comment-page-1/#comment-1859 when good people resign (to join you) | Climbing Mount Improbable Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:32:23 +0000 http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/?p=1415#comment-1859 [...] Suster – as part of his startup series – talks about how bigger companies roll out the red carpet when a good employee resign to keep him/her from [...] [...] Suster – as part of his startup series – talks about how bigger companies roll out the red carpet when a good employee resign to keep him/her from [...]

]]> By: msuster http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2009/11/16/dont-roll-out-the-red-carpet-on-the-way-out-the-door/comment-page-1/#comment-1855 msuster Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:17:40 +0000 http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/?p=1415#comment-1855 Ha ha ha. I was wondering whether you'd see this post! Run. You've got A inside you - I'm sure of it. Ha ha ha. I was wondering whether you'd see this post! Run. You've got A inside you – I'm sure of it.

]]> By: msuster http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2009/11/16/dont-roll-out-the-red-carpet-on-the-way-out-the-door/comment-page-1/#comment-1854 msuster Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:16:52 +0000 http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/?p=1415#comment-1854 And Ryan's current employer wrote me a private message after this post saying how well he's performing there. They realize they got a gem. And Ryan's current employer wrote me a private message after this post saying how well he's performing there. They realize they got a gem.

]]> By: msuster http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2009/11/16/dont-roll-out-the-red-carpet-on-the-way-out-the-door/comment-page-1/#comment-1853 msuster Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:15:55 +0000 http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/?p=1415#comment-1853 Too true. Although I do have one situation where we talked a guy back from the ledge and went on to build a wonderful working relationship. But it's the exception rather than the rule. When you quit make it real - no head fakes! Too true. Although I do have one situation where we talked a guy back from the ledge and went on to build a wonderful working relationship. But it's the exception rather than the rule. When you quit make it real – no head fakes!

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