Employees Questions

I have a very new solo startup that doesn't make any money (yet...), but it's time to get a "real job" so that I can pay the bills. I'm very proud of the work I did on my startup and think that it...

Hiring Employees

asked Oct 16 '09 at 00:47

Neil
318 points

What are some pros and cons of hiring full time employees onsite vs employing contractors on platforms like UpWork (ODesk)?Salary is one. In almost all cases remote workers are going to cost you...

Hiring Employees Remote Contractor Upwork

asked Jun 16 '15 at 10:25

Larry Lamas
14 points

A lawyer offered service for equity and potentially joining the company full time as legal counsel/business dev guy. Is this reasonable? What percentage of the company should I offer him? It's a...

Legal Employees

asked Jul 1 '11 at 09:50

Jirad
105 points

Let's face it. As startups, we can't really offer top-dollar salaries to our employees. But we can offer some fun benefits that the big companies can't/won't. Here are a few that we have that seem...

Employees Benefits

asked Oct 15 '09 at 12:20

Alex Papadimoulis
5,901 points

I was interviewed by a lady from Zynga and she told me that Zynga doesn't allow developers to have side projects. Is this true for companies in general, or just a minority that Zynga is a part of?...

Employees Intellectual Property

asked Jan 26 '11 at 16:35

John
716 points

What are the considerations as we consider employees that would work remotely? I'm particularly thinking about technical positions (programming, web site maintenance) that are remote due to...

Hiring Employees Remote

asked Sep 21 '10 at 06:21

Keith De Long
5,091 points

I'm a non-technical founder who has been able to get by with outsourced consultants on ODesk for a while.But now that revenues are growing, I want to hire one or two PHP coders onsite. I've posted...

Recruiting Hiring Employees Startups Software Engineers

asked Jun 9 '14 at 18:10

Sonya Dave
24 points

We're just getting started with scaling our business and one of the things we want to implement is a 4/1 work day. 4 days are spent working, and 1 day is for individual projects (just like Google's...

Employees Human Resources Team Project

asked Jun 6 '14 at 15:27

William Green
14 points

I have a solo founder (technical) who has hired 8 full time contractors on ODesk for my startup. We have launched an MVP and starting to get some initial traction.Would VCs reject such a startup...

Solo Entrepreneur Venture Capital Employees Contractor Odesk

asked Jun 13 '14 at 14:13

Mark Ballard
14 points

What's the best way to say no to candidates who clearly aren't a good fit for the company?It's as awkward for me to do as firing someone. I would like to do it in a way that doesn't reflect bad on...

Recruiting Hiring Employees Rejection Glassdoor

asked Jun 16 '14 at 23:45

Connie Banes
12 points

Before hiring someone, most startups try to find out as much as possible about them by hitting Google and checking their publicly available social media profiles (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram,...

Recruiting Hiring Social Media Employees Hire

asked Jul 8 '14 at 16:55

Carl Rosas
12 points

We are a small company of less than 20 people. How do we provide opportunities for people to move up the ladder? We are not growing in terms of company size as our business runs pretty well at it's...

Employees Promotion Corporate Startups

asked Jul 14 '14 at 14:29

Allen Sullivan
9 points

We are looking to hire our first two employees and have no prior experience in recruiting.What are the most important things that we should look for in a candidate?The first would obviously be...

Recruiting Hiring Employees Interviews Hire

asked Aug 6 '14 at 15:42

Dennis Fidler
2 points

When reviewing or rating or providing references to a contractor, should you factor in them going AWOL, not responding, having personal problems, being flaky, but otherwise doing good work? I've...

Employees Contractor Feedback

asked Nov 9 '14 at 05:28

Starrychloe S.
83 points

It would save considerable overhead expenses on things like rent and health insurance in some cases (for those employees who are in other countries).What about VCs? Would they look upon such a...

Funding Venture Capital Employees Remote Startups

asked Apr 20 '15 at 12:57

Jason George
14 points

I am setting up payroll for the first time. So far in my research I have discovered that the state of Arizona requires: I must pay employees within 5 days of the pay period. I must schedule pay...

Employees Payroll Pay Paycheck

asked Sep 26 '12 at 19:13

Clint
695 points

As many of you know, companies like Google and 3M give the employees 20% of their time to work on something that really excite them the most. I also been thinking maybe this can be a good strategy...

Employees Side Projects

asked Nov 12 '09 at 10:07

Jpartogi
1,342 points

I am creating a service (PC maintenance) business and I need a tool for keeping track of which employees are available at what times. This data needs to be exported or otherwise accessible by a web...

Management Employees Website Tools

asked Dec 1 '13 at 07:25

Joachim
6 points

For startups, if a potential candidate comes for an interview wearing a suit, is that a flag that they might not be a cultural fit?

Recruiting Culture Hiring Employees Interviews

asked May 30 '14 at 22:45

Ellen Davenport
7 points

We made a hiring mistake and need to terminate an employee. It's one of the hardest things I've come across as this will be a first. What the best way to gently let go of someone who isn't the...

Termination Employees Founders Human Resources Startup

asked May 25 '14 at 20:43

Dorothy Taylor
16 points