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It's called validation, or social proof, and it shows up in all sorts of ways, incl. dating.

So a HR who successfully poached an employed coder, hired someone who is willing to drop work at the moment he gets a better offer.

The other HR stupidity is, that its much easier to get a raise, if you switch jobs often, then if you stay in a job long enough to be productive.

The result are projects broken by HR causing to much fluctuation.

I don't think any of those approaches are the fault of HR. If you have a system where companies will pay more money for a new employee than to retain an old employee, then employee churn naturally follows from that.

At what companies is paying new hires more than current employees not the fault of HR?

Does HR dictate salary? My understanding is that HR has a seat at the table but so do the hiring managers.

It can also mean whoever is in charge of the current team does not stand up for them within the company.

> hired someone who is willing to drop work at the moment he gets a better offer

That's grossly overgeneralized.

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