This advice is common. It should come with the caveat to investigate the vesting timeline for that 401k match. One of my former employers matched at a great rate, but that contribution did not vest until you had spent 4 years at the company. Given the rate of turnover at lower-seniority positions in the industry (PR agency), it was entirely unrealistic for more than half of the employees there to ever expect to see the benefit of that match.
That is a good point. I did a quick internet search, and it looks like the max number of years for cliff vestings is now 3 years, which for most people is fairly reasonable. For gradual vesting, it looks like they can spread it out over 6 years, which seems a bit much, but at least you are vesting some of it over time.
The quoted statement misses a huge caveat: the Inc 500 are the fastest-growing private companies that submitted applications to be included in the Inc 500.
The application for the Inc 500 requires revenue disclosure. There are plenty of companies that decline to submit applications for the Inc 500, for reasons ranging from a hesitation to disclose revenue to a media company, to a hesitation to spend resources on PR that could be better spent on growth.
This generally goes for all media entities. Similar scrutiny should be applied to all subjects, not just those for which we're experts. It's a common fallacy to take news of unfamiliar subjects at face value, while understanding that there is far more to the stories we know well than that which is contained in one piece of media.
Hoping this can help people find a job that fits their skills without having to wade through irrelevant job postings.
(1) https://blog.modeanalytics.com/jobs-board-announce/