Google writes an algorithm to fix staffing problem??
A recent WSJ article discusses issues that Google is having retaining some of their employees:
Current and former Googlers said the company is losing talent because some employees feel they can’t make the same impact as the company matures. Several said Google provides little formal career planning, and some found the company’s human-resources programs too impersonal.
The logical solution to an impersonal HR department?
The Internet search giant recently began crunching data from employee reviews and promotion and pay histories in a mathematical formula Google says can identify which of its 20,000 employees are most likely to quit.
Google officials are reluctant to share details of the formula, which is still being tested.
Awesome.
Perhaps reading a decent book on people management might be a better strategy. (I’d recommend First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently
I’m interested to see if their approach really works.