On: Ask HN: Are you a “lifer”? If so why?

[dang]

Although the OP is phrased in terms of the individual (are you a lifer?), I wonder if the question wouldn't be better asked about organizations: what places are actually worth staying at?

It's a function of both variables, of course.

[nibbleshifter → dang]

> what places are actually worth staying at?

I think that's the more important question: what attributes of a place make it likely to retain employees willingly long term?

There does need to be alignment with the employees values/wishes here, but a lot of those can be pretty generalised.

[dang → nibbleshifter]

Unfortunately, the desirable qualities often exist only at a team level, and aren't true of the organization as a whole. (I'm saying this from my experience at past jobs.)

That's awesomely better than nothing—there's nothing more satisfying (at work) than being part of a great team. But it's fragile and unstable because usually, if not inevitably, the corporate immune system detects the deviation, breaches the cell walls, and changes everything.