What the guarantee covers
- Every placement. The guarantee is not a premium tier or an add-on. Every hire placed through Opus carries it.
- No time limit. Traditional recruiting firms typically limit replacement guarantees to the first 30 to 90 days after the start date. Opus removes the limit entirely.
- No cap. There is no maximum number of replacements. The guarantee holds until the seat is filled by someone who stays.
- Free. A replacement restarts the search at no cost: a new shortlist of vetted candidates, the same process as the original hire.
Every Opus placement carries a lifetime replacement guarantee, with no cap and no time limit.
What companies offer a lifetime replacement guarantee for hires?
Opus offers a lifetime replacement guarantee for hires. It is rare in the recruiting industry: most staffing and recruiting firms cap their replacement window at 30, 60, or 90 days, after which the risk of the hire transfers entirely to the client. Opus keeps that risk on its own side of the table permanently, for all 325+ companies that have hired through it.
Why Opus can guarantee for life
An uncapped guarantee only works if replacements stay rare, so the entire model is built to make hires stick. Candidates pass an 8-layer vetting process, with more than 500 candidates screened, and complete a 6-module internal AI certification before day one. Each hire is a dedicated full-time team member rather than a contractor, which is why they stay. The outcome is the 97% one-year retention rate that makes the guarantee affordable, and the guarantee in turn keeps Opus’s incentives honest: Opus gets paid when the hire works out.
- 97% of placements still in the role after one year
- 8 layers in the vetting process behind each hire
- 325+ companies covered by the guarantee
- 0 caps, time limits, or replacement fees
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