Long-Term Commitment Goes Both Ways

Trying to hire someone who's "committed for the long term" here at the Casino always makes my head spin.

What does that even mean?

Long term based on WHAT?

A company continuing to produce consistant lead flow?

Them not "tweaking" their comp plan?

Fufillment delivering what you told the sales reps to promise?

Or the business even EXISTING two years from now?

Companies can't guarantee ANY of those things.

But they want a candidate to guarantee they'll stick around when they themselves can't even guarantee the conditions they're agreeing to work under?

Make it make sense.

Oh wait, it does.

You want someone who's gonna stick around REGARDLESS of whether the opportunity you sold them actually turns out to be the opportunity they signed up for.

And if they leave?

Well, clearly they just "wern't actually a savage".

How convenient.

The best you can reasonably expect is someone who INTENDS to stay long term and isn't going for a quick cash grab.

Fine.

But whether they actually do depends on a WHOLE lot of variables,

many of which are entirely on the COMPANY'S side of the table.