Nick Denton Quotes

We just want to have great people working for us.

Hire passionate employees.

You have got to attract the brightest and the best, but the brightest and best won't stay unless they see real career options.

As a modern employer you have to treat people well.

If you hire good people, give them good jobs, and pay them good wages, generally something good is going to happen.

A lot of great people come to Facebook. In our business, we're about how do we help connect our companies to great people across all levels.

Hire the best people, and trust what you hired them to do.

I've always been really internally focused. I tend to focus on hiring - ensuring that every person we hire is both a really good fit and really good - and also that everything we put out to our users is very high-quality.

Human resources are the most valuable assets the world has.

I have the best agents in the world.

One very interesting framework for a company to succeed over time - beyond just business logic and analytics - is, do they have a reason why the best graduates in engineering programs will flock to them versus competitors?

I value my staff and I believe in hiring people who are smarter than myself.

One of the challenges of having exceptionally high quality talent is that they're constantly restless, and they're constantly on the lookout for opportunities.

The best way to build the best workforce is to focus on the largest talent pool you have.

Certainly, we continue to bring in new people. We'll hire, net new, over 4,000 people this year, and attract great people into the company. I'm very bullish about the employee base and what it can accomplish.

When you hire good people, and you provide good jobs and good wages and a career, good things are going to happen.

We focus on two things when hiring. First, find the best people you can in the world. And second, let them do their work. Just get out of their way.

Again, talent is the real import of being in the business.

Work/life benefits allow companies meaningful ways for responding to their employees' needs; they can be a powerful tool for transforming a workforce and driving a business' success.

I want a desirable place to work to attract and keep them here. So you try to create an environment for people to do their best work, and be generous on the benefit side.

I hadn't really worked in an office before Shutterstock, so I didn't have the experience of building a culture, nor did I understand how important that is for attracting and retaining the best talent.

Employees are a company's greatest asset - they're your competitive advantage. You want to attract and retain the best; provide them with encouragement, stimulus, and make them feel that they are an integral part of the company's mission.

If you don't let people flourish in their jobs, why are they going to stay?

Many founders hire just because it seems like a cool thing to do, and people always ask how many employees you have.

How do you make your company a good place to work in general? That's a really, really, really large and complex set of skills. A lot of it is on-the-job training, combined with excellent mentorship.