They won't last.
That's why they don't quit.
And since perm staff iron bowl... Just learn to taichi do nothing one.

I have a perm staff whose kpi is for a project that's been in research for 5 years.
Every year the kpi is say contribute to this project.

But now new management force this team to "handover" the work so a new team can innovate in existing work...

Guess what?
To the shock and disbelief of the new management. There was nothing.
LOL.

Yes a few slides of they envisioned the project to be way back in 2015.
No source code.
No prototype.
No demo.
Nothing shocking.

And guess their ******** excuse?
They say the engineer they hire quit and didn't handover to them lol.
The new management ask why isn't there a version control.
Why there is no process.
Nobody answer anything.
Just happy to handover an imaginary research project...

The other excuse must often used is.... "not only working on this one project, so didn't focus on it. So may be 5 years but the actual work is just maybe collectively 2 months..."

Don't be surprised I see their staff one person can be working on one imaginary project for 2 years and still in analysis and design phase...

Joke sia.
Retirement village