
When Business is Battle: Inside the Boardrooms of the CEOs that Survived the Storm
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Employee Cohorts and Hiring Formula
The speaker identifies different employee cohorts in the company, including those who started the company, those who joined during COVID, and those who joined in 2018 or 2019. They emphasize the significance of employees who have shown resilience by staying with the company despite discouragement from friends. The speaker then discusses the company's hiring formula, which is based on four factors: drive, smartness, qualification, and collectiveness, and admits that it took a long time to figure out this hiring approach.
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