We like to call it the lottery factor. Would the project keep going if someone won the lottery and took off to an off-grid tropical island.
Less morbid that way.
Less morbid that way.
People hit by a bus disappear immediately.
It's just not the same thing.
Also, it's not guaranteed that your management will actually tell you if they did - one employer asked me not to tell my team I was leaving until the last day for morale...
It is like when people complain about people using sports metaphors. I say that at least it is not military metaphores.
Also, there is usually no handover anyways. So the suddeness factor is not that important.
Well, see, we can't just straight-up tell employees that we're not going to give them promotions or raises, so they'll have to jump ship in a year... That'd be a disaster for morale!
And still less morbid. :)
To me "lottery factor" seems overly po faced and pious.
I prefer bus factor because... memento mori.