Opinion

May 31, 2022

The key to deeptech employee retention? Don't be afraid to think like the big guys

For early stage startups retaining deeptech talent is about more than salary. It's about introducing later-stage processes and thinking like the big guys


Anna Roe

5 min read

Anna Roe, chief people officer at Mind Foundry

The growing competition for talent means deeptech employee retention is becoming more challenging. Recruitment is extremely competitive, and salaries for engineers are on the up. According to Glassdoor, machine learning scientists are earning an average base salary of £66k per year, while data from Option Impact found that salaries for data scientists averaged around £86k. 

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