How do I get my COO to stay?

[platonica]

I love having a COO, but every few years, the one I have resigns, which means I have to find a new one and set up how to manage the firms again. The old one tends to have a bad attitude toward the Company. How do I keep the one I have?

[Kapseljd]

Your COO asks for a salary raise or will leave your Company.

So Pay more or search for an better COO.
who eventually also will ask for an salary raise.

[lucks]

if you have 100% ownership of your Company consider selling 1-10% so your officers can buy into the Company.
they will buy the stocks and they they will stay longer.

[counting]

I felt it also help if your profit always grow in proportion over time. COO like to increase their wealth. And their initial salary is a portion of your annual revenue. So they need to have "actual" paid increase from the portion of the annual profit.

Personally I face the opposite problem, since I always dislike their higher salary eating my profit, and not hiring COO if possible. If they asked for a raise, I just fire them. (or lower my profit, and rehire a cheaper one). I love micromanage my firms directly. COO is only helpful to me for price war and media firm management, billions of salary with these few functions is not worth it.

[platonica]

Your COO asks for a salary raise or will leave your Company.

So Pay more or search for an better COO.
who eventually also will ask for an salary raise.

My COO never asks for a raise, just informs me of the resignation. The other two ask for raises, but never the COO.

[platonica]

I felt it also help if your profit always grow in proportion over time. COO like to increase their wealth. And their initial salary is a portion of your annual revenue. So they need to have "actual" paid increase from the portion of the annual profit.

Personally I face the opposite problem, since I always dislike their higher salary eating my profit, and not hiring COO if possible. If they asked for a raise, I just fire them. (or lower my profit, and rehire a cheaper one). I love micromanage my firms directly. COO is only helpful to me for price war and media firm management, billions of salary with these few functions is not worth it.

I use them for my retail firms, and keep farming, mining and manufacturing to myself.

[Esoteric Rogue]

My COO never asks for a raise, just informs me of the resignation. The other two ask for raises, but never the COO.

If that is the case, then it is a bug. COO should always ask for a raise and will only leave when you reject giving a raise or fire him directly.

[lucks]

i still wouldnt call it a bug just for that.
please check the stocks owned by your COO. If he has equity in other companies (maybe even competing ones) it is perfectly normal for him/her not to want to work for you anymore.