http://modeledbehavior.com/2009/12/16/the-80000-vacation-and-the-high-cost-of-signalling/ Sun, 27 May 2012 05:20:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://modeledbehavior.com/2009/12/16/the-80000-vacation-and-the-high-cost-of-signalling/#comment-945 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:58:22 +0000 http://modeledbehavior.wordpress.com/2009/12/16/the-80000-vacation-and-the-high-cost-of-signalling/#comment-945 When I read the original Elizabeth Wurtzel piece I thought the exact same thing as you: nobody wants to tell their future employer that they aren’t eager to get started. And there is a game theory component: nobody wants to be the ONLY associate to take the 80k. As long as all of them do it, it’s fine, but nobody can take the risk that others will do it.

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