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Comment by citilife | Hacker News Reader

I've seen around 50% attrition this year in the ML department I'm in.

The reasoning:

- People want to leave the cities

- People want to spend time with family

- Racism, sexism and exclusion is becoming unbearable (largest single factor I've seen)

- Forcing medical procedures (second largest single factor I've seen)

- Salaries are becoming very competitive with the inflation and job switching

- Companies are re-gearing to be more online and that means more tech opportunities

Every time someone leaves I ping them and ask why. Personally I'm curious. Many have purchased farms and have moved to the middle of no where. I generally think they'll miss the cities, but there's a pretty significant move of tech people out to the country.

> - Forcing medical procedures (second largest single factor I've seen)

Yeah I'm sure this is true. /s

Even the supposed "mass exodus" of cops everyone was saying will happen, didn't happen. Cops, a very conservative group of people, decided getting the jab was better than getting a new job.

> Cops, a very conservative group of people, decided getting the jab was better than getting a new job.

Do you know any cops? Many of the mayors backed down and many more just retired. I know several in around the Chicago area and none of them followed through, they updated their guidelines.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/17/us/chicago-police-department-...

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/With-hundreds-of-offi...

How many? I have no idea, based on what I've seen probably ~10-15% of people would rather be fired than get a vaccine. I know a couple in the medical field, a couple of friends in sales, etc.

Anyway, it's anecdotal to a degree, but only because most people aren't tracking it. It's easier for people in tech to just move to a remote-first company.

> Forcing medical procedures

Covid vaccines?

That and testing. Many people don't want to get tested 2x times a week either. They'll just move to a remote company and leave.

Eh. My wife has trouble taking out blood for panels and exams. Arm goes blue for up to a week for the tinest quantity of blood extracted. Frequent exams would be painful.

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