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

[David Wade]

On 27/10/2019 00:22, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> 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
> 
I believe that EDS did this for a while, plus other practices..

http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19920607&slug=1495858

Dave