Employee Turnover in the Tech Industry Marketing Department @ TweakNews

I do enjoy reading editorials like this since you get a personal perspective on what is happening in the industry. (Some of which I can relate to)  Hardware media is a strange thing.  On one hand you have a variety of websites offering to do product reviews for the leading hardware manufacturers.  As time rolls on this practice becomes standard and big business for both the hardware maker and the media site voicing their opinions.  On the other hand you have the money aspect, media outlets want to get paid, the hardware maker wants to sell product, and when margins are low cuts have to be made.

This editorial touches on "why" there is turnover in the marketplace and how even though you may be working in North America you aren't always treated as an American employee but rather having to conform to the working practices of the parent company.

You didn't think the Japanese made it to the top working 9-5 five days a week with paid holidays off did you?

My first inclination was when I noticed that a lot of marketing representatives were never staying at the same company for more than a year or two. Sure for the hardware site owner this can be an advantage seeing you have a industry contact at Company A and when the representative moves over to Company B, you have a instant point of contact at a new brand while still retaining the latter. But why is the marketing department turnover so brutal? Am I missing something here?

The editorial is a quick read, give it a look

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