More staff leave vB....

[R1lover]

IB is a marketing company, their only purpose is to make money.... take that to the bank!

Price increase? you can count on it!

Great forum? only time will tell with most of the core team gone now, who knows what will happen in the future.

[Shelley_c]

It happens, people leave all the time (not for the reasons they specified though) one staffer leaving and yeah maybe, several, nah something is happening behind the scenes. Maybe work conditions, cut in pay, disagreements, in with the new out with the old, etc etc. It's a shame kier has left though, his experience is unrivaled and what I seen he was a community person.

As for the price increases, this was always expected. IB are out to make money, that's their only goal to give us bloated software and cut down features. Like someone stated, you either purchase it or move on to something else. I'll stick with 3.8 for a couple of more years yet I have no plans to move to 4.0.

[agitated]

It happens all the time, yes, staff move on.

The thing here is that so many are leaving within a matter of weeks.
This, for me, spells internal trouble with a capital T.
Something that those who have left do not wish to discuss out of respect for IB but also perhaps because it will cause an uproar.

That's my conspiracy theory. Only time will tell.

[Shelley_c]

Well, I don't think we can call it a theory. Like I stated in my post, one staff member leaving then sure we can say he's moving on to better working opportunities. The amount of staff leaving, then no way. They haven't stepped down because of what they stated in public. Though being professional about it that's the reason they have given. Hat's off to them for that.

Either way, that's the way the cookie crumbles unfortunately. Let's just look forward to another bloated, featureless version because any other reaction and your liable to be hanged.

[Chimpie]

Originally Posted by agitated

The thing here is that so many are leaving within a matter of weeks.

My concern is that so many are leaving just months prior to a new, major release.

[TNCclubman]

Thats right.

Why so many at once?

Why right before the release vB 4.0?

Damn, there was definitely a power struggle between the coders and the new owners about something and they are walking out to prove a point. If I was a betting man, I'd bet IB will contact them, succumb to their move, give them what they want and it will be business as usual in a few weeks. Kind of like a strike. lol

[Shelley_c]

I hear on staff, there's the potential to implode slightly and then explode. Below is a demonstration of someone on staff captured during the explosion process.

[R1lover]

It will all come out in time.... I'm sure the silience is planned and paid for lol

[UKBusinessLive]

I'm not sure about this, Where i work we've had about 5 guys leave in the past month, and they left to work elsewhere and not because they were made to leave or left as a group for whatever reason.

I can't really comment for the Software industry as mine is more engineer related, But in the software industry, isn't it common for people to leave when they can upgrade their knowledge?? if folk were to stay on at Vbulletin indefinately then there would be no influx of fresh ideas and knowledge, They would only know what they know and no more??

But if they could better their job prospects by moving on to a different enviroment then surely that would be a good mark on their resume.

I guess that in the software industry, you'll find that people come and go more often than any other industry, I mean how many times have you heard that Joe bloggs has been with XXX.com for 35 years until his retirement??? never i guess.

I found out that people come and go for a variety of reasons and maninly this time of year so they can take their summer holidays before starting their new job.

Thats why i don't see anything strange about 4 guys leaving, Good luck to them they served their time well, now lets bring in the fresh ideas and look forward to what will happen in the next year or two

[R1lover]

Maybe because the majority of .com's only started in the mid 90's lol