[Info-vax] VMS Software, Inc. Acquires All OpenVMS Support Business from Hewlett Packard Enterprise

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 10/26/2019 2:12 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> This is a two edged problem.  You need new people.  You can hire them, 
> and train them, but if they just leave as soon as they get a better 
> offer, you've wasted all the time, and the money you paid them.  Keep in 
> mind, while in training, they do not produce any revenue.  If not for 
> the eventual need, you're better off not hiring and training.

Old joke:

CFO: What happens if we train them and they leave?
CEO: What happens if we don’t and they stay?

> Makes me wonder how legal it might be to have some clause, that if you 
> train someone, they have to give you some agreed upon amount of time, 
> or, they pay back some amount for the training.

That is probably very jurisdiction specific.

Arne