Executive search, repriced
Retained search costs 25–33% of first-year salary. For the same work.
Tenflat runs a full retained process — mapping, outreach, screening, references, close support — for one flat fee that does not move when the salary does.
The percentage was never tied to the work
Filling a $400k role is not twice the work of filling a $200k role. The percentage model prices your budget, not the search. Tenflat prices the search.
Same process, published
Full market map, direct outreach, structured screens, backchannel references, offer support. You see the longlist, not just the four people we want you to see.
Your incentives, finally
A percentage fee quietly rewards a higher offer. A flat fee does not care what you pay. That is the entire argument and it is worth fifteen minutes of your time to poke at it.
I want to be told why this is wrong. Fifteen minutes, bring the objection.