Knowing about this and deliberately exploiting it sounds mighty evil. Let's see. First, you create a famously high bar for hiring. Make it seem like it was a

Knowing about this and deliberately exploiting it sounds mighty evil. Let's see. First, you create a famously high bar for hiring. Make it seem like it was a miracle anyone gets in. That way, once you're inside, you think you got a hold of something extremely valuable and you're not likely to let it go. Sunk cost fallacy and all that. Next, go heavy on young people with no professional experience. They have neither the work experience nor the sheer number of years walking the planet to know when someone is taking advantage of them. They will be rather useful to you until they finally realize what's going on. When they start waking up, sour their milk and "manage them out". Optimizing for people without families further ensures heightened commitment to the company. Repeat every year with a fresh batch of graduates. Profit!