[chrisweekly]

>"Surely low turn over will result in more relationship formation"

This might be true, but it also isn't necessarily a good thing. What kind of relationships? And with whom?

The kinds of people who will accept below-market compensation in return for "security" are likely to be relatively risk-averse, passive, disinterested and uncommitted. Which in turn would create what would be, for many people, a stale, depressing and moribund environment. Some amount of turnover is healthy. Fresh personalities, energy, ideas and perspectives spark conversation, connection and change. And the impermanence of workplace relationships is part of what makes them meaningful and worthwhile. Kind of like what mortality does for human relations on a slightly longer scale.

[nubbins]

I think you’re projecting too much onto someome just because they accept slightly below market compensation. Yes you may filter out the superstars but many jobs do not require or really benefit from very above average performance. And Risk aversion is neutral at worst, reliability, character, conscientiousness are highly valuable in most jobs.

[watwut]

The jump from risk-averse to passive and disinterested is absurd. You are tying up unrelated personality traits. Just because you fancy yourself risk-taker does not mean that risk averse people are everything bad. Why people do that?

> And the impermanence of workplace relationships is part of what makes them meaningful and worthwhile.

No impermanence does not makes them relationship worthwhile. I had a lot of impermanent relationships, they are fun because everything is fresh, but not really worth much effort.

[gaius]

The kinds of people who will accept below-market compensation in return for "security"

You are conflating "compensation" with "salary" which is invalid. The public sector package was traditionally relatively lower salary but relatively higher pension, and there is a cash-equivalent value to other benefits as well. Job security is one. If your job is absolutely safe then you have fewer worries about saving for a rainy day for example (but still, nonzero).

[chrisweekly]

>"If your job is absolutely safe"

Gonna have to stop you right there, amigo. No such job exists.