I use it as a recruiting tool. I can’t compete with FAANG salaries so one thing I do is make it clear performance objectives are accomplishment based not time based.
Most of the time my team has a good work life balance. They will all buckle up if shit hits the fan then we go back into normal mode.
Totally. Right now we have a few tickets in the sprint that have hard deadlines. I'm actually excited to work on them because its a bit of a challenge. Most of our tickets, like most tickets regardless of if people want to admit it or not, don't have hard deadlines so we can actually get things done in a reasonable timeframe.
I don't think there is a single thing that helps retention better than WLB. Comp is a close second but someone will always pay better that you. You cant win that battle. WLB is hard to screen for while interviewing so when you find it you are less likely to take a chance on losing it by taking a new job.
Most of the time my team has a good work life balance. They will all buckle up if shit hits the fan then we go back into normal mode.