Rant: How to make new employees sad they joined your company
TL;DR: To avoid predictably-sad employees, advertise your company honestly, including the bad parts.
Longer and more sarcastic:
How to make new employees sad:
Advertise your company as being perfect, including: Your culture, best practices, and team. Use vague sentences like “of course not everything is perfect”, but hide the concrete negative things that could give new hires an accurate picture in advance
Let them discover the real situation a few months after joining
Act surprised
For me personally: When considering joining a company or cofounder, a major thing that “turns me on” is when they tell me about the bad parts. It’s obvious that those parts exist, the question is whether we can speak about them.
P.S
I also believe in this for employees, and for romantic relationships
Rant: How to make new employees sad they joined your company
TL;DR: To avoid predictably-sad employees, advertise your company honestly, including the bad parts.
Longer and more sarcastic:
How to make new employees sad:
Advertise your company as being perfect, including: Your culture, best practices, and team. Use vague sentences like “of course not everything is perfect”, but hide the concrete negative things that could give new hires an accurate picture in advance
Let them discover the real situation a few months after joining
Act surprised
For me personally: When considering joining a company or cofounder, a major thing that “turns me on” is when they tell me about the bad parts. It’s obvious that those parts exist, the question is whether we can speak about them.
P.S
I also believe in this for employees, and for romantic relationships