Lifers

principle — attributed to Greg Hitchen

Every senior person at Terrapinn is a lifer, says Greg Hitchen, someone who started young and grew into the role. The company does not use headhunters for senior jobs: it fills them from inside or leaves them empty. After several years of middle managers paying well for experienced salespeople who proved average, he has returned to hiring graduates and no longer hires anyone from another events company.

Source: Adler interview, about 00:25 to 00:27.

graduates, internal-promotion, culture