As someone who has been on the job market for a long time recently, I am not encouraged by this.<p>What I&#x27;ve observed is that in response to chronic talent shortages, larger organizations prefer to downsize, cut corners, scale-back offerings, and produce output of lower quality. Meanwhile, smaller organizations do not have the budgets necessary, so they try to portray working for them as a lifestyle choice. They offer foosball, on-site beer or coffee, and meaningless amounts of largely worthless equity.<p>What both types absolutely will not do is to compete via wages, benefits, or healthful employment accommodations (for example, private working spaces instead of undifferentiated desks in an open-plan office).<p>The &quot;challenge&quot; of recruitment is not how to attract qualified (let alone &#x27;the best&#x27;) candidates ... rather it is how to reframe the business such that high quality is not required for executives to maintain their lifestyles.<p>It&#x27;s a massive <i>flight from quality.</i> It&#x27;s very frightening.