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The departure of most values employees is not surprising. In their place I'd do the same. I want no part of working in a place where salary is based 100% on politics and 0% on merit.

curious all the quitters said the same thing (if you read the article)

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Merit-based salaries is bullshit.

Salaries are based on what the market will bear. Employee performance is extremely hard to quantify, and there's not reason to believe that this changes that aspect of the equation too much.

Seems like people in the US have completely forgotten that collective bargaining was a key piece to advancing workers' rights.