Thousands of baby boomers will soon be retiring--sure, we hear it over and over in the media, but what, specifically, are CIOs doing to prepare for the mass exodus? Not a lot, at least according to a Computerworld survey. In their latest Vital Signs survey, 60 percent of the 233 respondents said that their organizations haven't taken any steps to keep retirement-age IT workers from leaving. Still, David Foote, chief research officer at Foote Partners, told Computerworld that some companies are beginning to cut high-priced retirement-age IT workers to ease the burden posed by their high salaries. Other interesting numbers from the survey: 19 percent of respondents said they've established flexible schedules to accommodate IT workers nearing an exit, while 12 percent said that they've offered part-time work, and 4 percent said that they've offered delayed-retirement plans.
To read what other CIOs are doing to retain the knowledge:
- see this Computerworld article [1]
Links:
[1] http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=298176&intsrc=hm_list