My Big Boss pointed out this article to me and I am more than glad to share with you guys here :D

It is about the problem faced in IT industry especially on staff turn over or staff retention problem. Let me put few phrases from the article by Mr Bruce F Webster posted in his blog titled : The Wetwater Crisis: the Dead Sea effect. I recommend you to read it.

“But in my experience, that’s not what happens. Instead, what happens is that the more talented and effective IT engineers are the ones most likely to leave — to evaporate, if you will. They are the ones least likely to put up with the frequent stupidities and workplace problems that plague large organizations; they are also the ones most likely to have other opportunities that they can readily move to.

What tends to remain behind is the ‘residue’ — the least talented and effective IT engineers. They tend to be grateful they have a job and make fewer demands on management; even if they find the workplace unpleasant, they are the least likely to be able to find a job elsewhere. They tend to entrench themselves, becoming maintenance experts on critical systems, assuming responsibilities that no one else wants so that the organization can’t afford to let them go.“