What did Dice.com find out about the technology workforce in its recent salary survey?
Technology professionals are highly dissatisfied. Nearly one-third of the U.S. technology workforce visit Dice.com every month, so we feel like we are in a regular conversation with technology professionals. Because of that, we knew disenchantment was rising. Nonetheless, the fact that nearly half, or 47%, of technology professionals felt their employers had done nothing to keep them motivated was a surprise. Technology professionals were asked to do a lot more with less and find cost savings in all departments during the downturn. Given the significant time and money companies spend recruiting technology professionals, you have to wonder why they would put that investment at risk. It seems very shortsighted. What are the implications of so many tech professionals feeling unmotivated? We believe this has the chance to be a “retentionless” recovery that is now under way in tech. Better trends are being seen in technology employment — and not just by us. Specifically, we see more search
