you can't pay enough

Todays headline is not any announcement on TechEd. Robert Scoble is making the news of the day. He is doing something and the whole world is taking part on that. I have read it in blogs, my newsreader is filling me up and also the german new portal heise.de have it. And believe me, heise usual have only LAMP or Microsoft security issues in stock.

So a company have given a employee the space to create and grow. The company pays and the employee works on its recognition. He is able to communicate in minutes with thousands of community members. When he thinks somebody is paying more (than 85K) he can move without any problems.

The employer is getting in a worse situation. Should i make my stuff to stars? and get a increased risk they will move?

Our company have a similar situation. We are delivering training. It costs a lot of time ( and money) to push somebody to a star level and from this moment he can go and earn n-times more as freelancer or pushing a competitor.

 

 

 

Published Monday, June 12, 2006 4:52 PM by preishuber

Comments

# re: you can't pay enough

Monday, June 12, 2006 12:01 PM by M. Keith Warren
85K - is that all they were paying him?

Considering his audience and how popular he has become they should have been paying him 10x that so he would stay and avoid this inevitable situation.

# re: you can't pay enough

Monday, June 12, 2006 1:32 PM by preishuber
I have this number from soble's blog
"Did you know that advertisers are now paying her $85,000 per week? That's almost as much money as I made in an entire year of working at Microsoft."

# re: you can't pay enough

Monday, June 12, 2006 2:16 PM by Thomas
Of course it is not a pretty situation for the employer (as your company, I think I know the former employees you mean ...), but we live in a free world ...

Anyone (should) can do what he wants. What is with women who become pregnant, or other private and familar reasons for changing the company? Time of slavery is over, at least in Europe and the States I think.

I think it is on you to prevent such situations as good as you can, create a strategy for holding your best staff in your company.

Regards.

# re: you can't pay enough

Monday, June 12, 2006 4:46 PM by Douglas Reilly
Note that money does not appear to have been the driving factor in his move.  He is changing employers and geographic location.  He will be close to his 12 year old son, who lives in northern California.  He wishes to be more of a full time dad, and I could not fault him for that.

# re: you can't pay enough

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 7:43 PM by weblogs.asp.net

You can_2700_t pay enough.. Peachy :)

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