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Tech Turnover Rate Lowest Since The 80's

Posted by michael on from the will-work-for-internet-access dept.

cimmer writes "USA Today, the San Jose Business Journal and the suspiciously captivating monitor thing in the elevator are reporting the results of a survey conducted by Aon Consulting that states voluntary turnover in the tech industry is at 8.9%, 'the lowest in the history of the surveys, which date back to the mid-1980s'. Given all of the talk about an economic turnaround, are we looking at a potential tech turnover spike as individuals leave positions they have stayed in only because of a dismal job market? Aon seems to think so. Interestingly, the results of this study are released just as CNN.com reports that personal income growth is at its weakest in two years. Also of note is a discrepancy in the reported sample size, with USA Today stating the results are based upon input from 595 companies while the Business Journal reports that over 950 companies participated."

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  1. why! by Trigun · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    There's a nut loose on the keyoard.

  2. Re:Biding our time.... by Short+Circuit · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    All I know is my corp will be first against the wall when the revolution comes.

    You work for Microsoft? *sets foe*

    (j/k)

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  3. Wonder How Things Will Be For SCO Employees? by geomon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Today will be another bad day for SCO.

    Can't be too good for the employees either. They haven't many more people to shed.

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  4. Re:Quick picture by kneeo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well, I been getting raises since I started with my company. I was a operator, then I got promoted to programmer. The outlook for the next is good too with a possible promotion and a 12% raise. I bought a house and recently had a baby.

    Maybe you should have obeyed the rules if you wanted more money. It's about the hard work man...yeah, like hanging out on /. ;)