Employees Questions

Is there a way to pay employees' salary with a credit card? It's not because our startup is in trouble or anything. I figured this would be a great way to earn points on the card, which can then be...

Finance Credit Cards Employees Salary

asked May 22 '14 at 16:55

Thomas Evans
17 points

We are a small startup of 12 people. Offering free lunches to employees is a perk that everyone enjoys, but has become an annoyance from the logistics standpoint. Everyone usually have different...

Employees Startups Perks Logistics

asked May 20 '14 at 17:13

William Pitts
14 points

Would it be a red flag for investors if we (2 co-founders) have our entire team comprised of part time interns instead of full time employees? We are looking for a sizable seed round (between $1m...

Hiring Part Time Interns Employees Investors

asked May 16 '14 at 17:11

Karen Seals
4 points

What do you think about giving engineers a small software assignment that they complete at home and send over before scheduling an interview. This would really help an employer save both their and...

Hiring Employees Human Resources Engineers Software Engineers

asked May 9 '14 at 16:40

Ruth Mercedes
7 points

What type of code samples should you show to a prospective employer when all your work has been for other companies? I don't currently have any open source contributions that employers can look...

Hiring Employees Employers Engineers

asked May 9 '14 at 14:16

Kevin Sloane
7 points

What are the common overhead costs associated with full time employees?I've heard that if a developer's salary is $100K, he actually costs the company $150K.I can't see where all the expenses would...

Recruiting Hiring Employees Expenses

asked May 3 '14 at 15:12

Jade Livingston
14 points

What is the best way to give constructive criticism to people in creative roles? That could include designers, copywriters, etc.I know most designers are numb from getting color / font change...

Management Employees Leadership Writing Designers

asked Apr 17 '14 at 21:41

Joan Stacy
7 points

I have tried (and been rejected by) a few online payroll solutions. As I am about to start (very soon) working with real employees, I need to find a way to do payroll more or less manually (though...

Getting Started Employees Employers Tax Payroll

asked Mar 30 '12 at 01:53

Michael Trausch
135 points

We're building a recruiting and employee management platform (similar to Yammer).The product records and analyzes metrics for each different type of employee so that we can offer employers of large...

Employees Metrics Saas Product Management

asked Apr 11 '14 at 10:41

Ariel Jacobs
11 points

Both positions are the same.Square's salary is slightly higher (only a little).Which would you pick and why?

Employees Jobs

asked Mar 28 '14 at 01:50

Rebecca Becker
6 points

To keep it simple, let's say you have an employee who is about to fully vest into getting 2% equity in your company. They're a critical part of your engineering team and you want to try to retain...

Equity Employees Vesting

asked Mar 26 '14 at 21:11

John Marsh
30 points

I have a very small operation (just three employees) and we decided to try out flexible hours when we hired our latest engineer. Now no one shows up on time every day!Usually it's not an issue, but...

Employees Human Resources Perks

asked Mar 1 '14 at 06:41

Kenya Brouwer
90 points

I overheard a phone call by an employee while passing by, who was on call with a contractor, saying negative things about the company and her job.How should I deal with something like this? I would...

Employees

asked Feb 28 '14 at 17:18

Kenneth Barker
10 points

I'm a single founder working on a mobile app and looking to either get a co-founder or just out right hire someone as the first employee (I have some savings that I can use to pay a few months...

Co-Founder Employees

asked Feb 14 '14 at 14:01

Mario Freytag
1 point

I have worked in a variety of environments wanted to share my opinions and see what others thought on the subject of ideal office space layout. Once our lease is up (in a few years) I am thinking...

Planning Employees Office

asked Nov 7 '09 at 10:19

Oleg Barshay
2,091 points

Here's my situation. I founded a company very recently (currently an LLC) and have no external funding. I also don't have deep pockets. This is for a startup in the US in Washington state. I...

LLC Equity Employees Independent Contractor Legal Documents

asked Dec 5 '13 at 18:53

Newbie
6 points

Let's say you join a small (< 50) hot startup. A month or two after you start, they end up getting acquired for $1 billion. As an employee that just started would you receive any of that money?...

Equity Employees Acquisition

asked Nov 15 '13 at 06:13

Wwwuser
125 points

We are a 4 year old startup and are facing few issues (not yet major) with regards to attrition. We have been of the opinion that if we keep paying the employees as per the market standards and...

Hiring Employees Salary

asked Oct 8 '13 at 15:29

Nitin Srivastava
171 points

To begin I am a software enthusiast with minimal business experience. I want to start a sole proprietorship where I develop ideas and then have people help me develop them for me. (people...

Getting Started Software Legal Employees Business

asked Sep 12 '13 at 06:30

B Dillan
13 points

I made arrangements for a recent college grad to come in and help us out with some part time development as an independent contractor. The guy does decent work when he's here, but he rarely can...

Motivation Management Employees Human Resources

asked Aug 13 '13 at 02:23

Contrazoom
186 points