Going for That Gold Watch

In today’s hot job market, how do companies prevent their executives from jumping ship? Drawn from a survey by Fortune Personnel Consultants, the chart suggests one answer: They keep people working such long hours that the poor souls don’t have time to look for new jobs. Whatever the reason, the study finds far more job stability than one might have expected. Among the poll’s respondent pool of college-educated executives making $50,000 or more, 49 percent had been with the same company for more than 10 years—including 19 percent who’d stayed put for more than 20 years.