Tenured Teams

As green a flag as any. What used to be the norm in the broader corporate world has become the exception to a rule. When you see that a majority of employees have been there for more than a couple of years, you'll know a few things.

1.) At a bare minimum, management across the board is doing a decent job. This might sound like a low bar. We assure you, it is not.

2.) Pay and benefits are good enough to not motivate people into looking for new roles early and often.

3.) Company culture will be defined and in at least decent standing.

4.) There will be a rich, widespread knowledge base. Onboarding will be easier, getting answers will be faster and in general work tends to be of uniformly higher quality.

There are of course downsides to this, especially on the extreme end where most employees have been at the some organization for >10/15 years. Lack of motivation, drive, fresh perspective and youth just generally speaking all can wear away at even the best companies. There is plenty you can do to combat that as a leader but it's worth paying attention to regardless. At the end of the day, the pros here still outweigh the cons by a wide margin.