&gt;  Are they committed to my company and the job or not?<p>What have you done for them besides offering a rosy mission&#x2F;vision statement that may or may not end up being a bad joke like a lot of rosy mission&#x2F;vision statements out there?<p>Just because you have chosen to call yourself an founder does not compel the Magic Fairy of Labor to provide an endless pool of fans that will throw themselves between yourself and a bullet every time the &quot;needs&quot; of the company demand it.<p>&gt; Sounds like it&#x27;s a good litmus test.<p>Yes, indeed!