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by SoftwareMaven 4373 days ago
You can retain 80% of your talent. You will be able to retain approximately 0% of your top talent, which is certainly a number less than 20% of your total talent pool.
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You may be surprised how many top engineers have no idea what they're worth, and can't self-promote worth a damn. I've known some incredibly talented, capable people being woefully underpaid, and not ever trading up.
Most organizations don't need the top 20% talent to solve their problems to make a profit.