I don't think that programmers would run away from Google easily. But then Google isn't just a bunch of programmers. Most likely it would be the business minds that would leave the company in order to start something new.
Such employees would either leave on their own and hire programmers to do the dirty work of their new enterprise, or take maybe an entire team of gifted people with them.
There is definitely a history of big successful companies triggering successful offspring. There are many examples, but the one that springs to mind first is SAP, which was formed by five former IBM engineers. My guess is that most successful spin-offs use the skills and experience they have acquired in order to create enterprises that do not directly compete with their former employers.
However, I would imagine that the biggest worry for large successful corporations is to lose their key employees due to more attractive job offers from other companies, regardless of whether they compete or not.
The UCLA police officer videotaped last week using a Taser gun on a student also shot a homeless man at a campus study hall room three years ago and was earlier recommended for dismissal in connection with an alleged assault on fraternity row, authorities said.
The employers seem to have an overly relaxed attitude towards their staff. I wonder how much they let their employees get away with before taking appropriate action.
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I don't think that programmers would run away from Google easily. But then Google isn't just a bunch of programmers. Most likely it would be the business minds that would leave the company in order to start something new.
Such employees would either leave on their own and hire programmers to do the dirty work of their new enterprise, or take maybe an entire team of gifted people with them.
There is definitely a history of big successful companies triggering successful offspring. There are many examples, but the one that springs to mind first is SAP, which was formed by five former IBM engineers. My guess is that most successful spin-offs use the skills and experience they have acquired in order to create enterprises that do not directly compete with their former employers.
However, I would imagine that the biggest worry for large successful corporations is to lose their key employees due to more attractive job offers from other companies, regardless of whether they compete or not.
The employers seem to have an overly relaxed attitude towards their staff. I wonder how much they let their employees get away with before taking appropriate action.