[Wolfr_]

I think if 1/3 of your company leaves there is short-term morale loss for the ones that remain. But the loss of internal IP will be devastating. Especially if you are not big on docs and have that “just be smart and ship” approach that Basecamp has. Basecamp has a real problem hand here... they probably never expected this.

[542458]

From what I’m seeing basically the entire iOS team is gone, and that app is nontrivial. It’s going to be a nightmare to get new developers up to speed without any of the existing expertise around.

[devoutsalsa]

Just because an employee leaves doesn’t mean you can’t hire them back as a consultant. Although that may not happen in this case.

[bastawhiz]

Paying employees 3-6 month severance to hire them back as a consultant is perhaps the worst possible business decision I can imagine a leader making.

[ZephyrBlu]

Perhaps in the short term it is, but in the long term I think you care about company culture more than spending the $$$.

[bastawhiz]

Why hire employees at all then? Just outsource everything.

[ZephyrBlu]

I'm not sure what you mean. I'm assuming that if they hire people as contractors they only do so until they've hired new people to fill the vacant positions.

[kyawzazaw]

There's only 58 employees there too