Timeline

We do lose some people who can't afford upfront but we have solutions to mitigate. You can split up the payments of the upfront portion, or get loans (sometimes interest free). This reduces the lost customer problem to a smaller set of people. But honestly, some people can afford it and only want to sign up if they can defer because they just don't want to pay anything upfront and those people tend to be ones that don't job hunt as intensely and aren't a good fit because they aren't serious about the job hunt to begin with. We thought that if we give you a team of 4 staff members constantly checking in on you and pushing you along that people would keep the momentum going but if power didn't pay anything upfront it's very easy to be like "meh I'll apply to more jobs in two months after A, B, C happens". We don't line people up with guaranteed jobs. We have a strong network and great co…