Happiness Should Be the Most Important KPI for Tech Employers

During economic downturns, businesses resort to muscle memory and do what they've done before. That often means budget cuts--and the deepest cuts commonly target technology investment and people. This time, however, things already feel very different. Businesses increasingly see their tech talent as a hard-won strategic investment, which they are reluctant to lose. New McKinsey & Company research discovered that 55 percent of 1,100 companies surveyed globally have found it challenging to hire key data and tech roles, such as data and software engineers, data architects, machine learning engineers, and data scientists.