I've worked as a QA tester about 15 years ago at a similar company, in the same city as ql, and I can tell you one thing, the reason there were no vets around is that as you said, they forced resignations for the majority of the testing team every 6 months to a year at most. I can guarantee you that a lot of the vets didn't leave willingly, but when you get a piece of paper thrown in front of you and are told to sign it, there's jack shit you can do about it. This way they don't have to worry about increasing the already embarrassing pay and refresh the staff with kids willing to work for peanuts.,(reply>), @Donchiki yeah, they'll try and intimidate you into signing since they can't fire you that easy (speaking on my country legislation, in other parts it may differ). you can refuse, sue them, etc, but it won't be a nice place to work. so i guess the best thing is to just sign it and try to find a better place.,(reply>), @Alex they can,(reply>), @Alex And yet they did. I guess things could have changed since then, it's been quite a lot of years, but at the time I was there we all knew they could screw us over with future employment if we said anything. So we all signed like good little sheep. I believe it was around 80% or more of the QA staff at that time that "voluntarily quit". Very few remained.,(reply>), they can't force you to sign a resignation. they can make your life a living hell and make you resign, but they can't force you to sign anything. also, they can't fire you without any solid reasons.