>>It sounds like TJ Rogers concepts are at work in your area. It costs money to hire, and train employees.
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>I don't know TJ Rogers - what does he say about this?
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>I understand that a well-trained employee is a valuable asset for the company, but many company managers (here, or elsewhere in the world) don't see this value.
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>Hilmar.

Hilmar;

In an interview with three CEO’s from Silicon Valley a few years ago, T.J.Rogers said this about hiring electronic engineers:

“The first thing I look at is how long this person worked at their last job. If they worked 10 years at one place I throw their resume in the garbage can – they are a vegetable! After a solid 12 hours of interviewing without breaks if I hire that person they will do my bidding! I keep them for six months and extract all their knowledge and then fire them. That way I do not have to pay medical or retirement to employees!”

Today these concepts are common in all walks of life in Silicon Valley regardless of your job classification. With the recent loss of 160,000 software development jobs in our area things will get worse. The name of the game is to survive and that in itself is a job!

Tom