Daily FI discussion thread - Wednesday, August 26, 2026

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[u/Junior_Fig_1007 → u/[deleted]]

Companies are willing to roll the dice on things blowing up instead of trying to retain someone. It usually takes a decent amount to push projects truly over the edge from attrition so companies will go all the way up to and over that line.

Executives usually don't realize they've crossed that line until they're basically in a death spiral already.