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Three ways to end a dispute over a modest amount, priced honestly. The one people dismiss out of hand is sometimes the right answer.
Continue reading Small claims, mediation, or writing it off. What each route costs in money and time
Every pay structure rewards something. Choosing one without noticing what it rewards produces behavior the owner then tries to correct with rules.
Continue reading Hourly, salary, or by the job. How you pay people changes how they work
The four year degree is treated as the safe option and the thing you do if you are unsure. It is a large commitment and it deserves to be chosen rather than defaulted into.
Software handles a simple return well and cannot ask questions. The gap between those two facts is where most of the money sits.
Continue reading The year a side business outgrew tax software, and what the accountant found
Tuition is the number on the letter and rarely the number that decides anything. The rest of it is knowable in January if you sit down and list it.
Continue reading Build the real number for next school year, line by line, before February
Holiday coverage is a small scheduling problem and an enormous fairness problem. Staff read it as a statement about how the place is run.
Continue reading How you handle the December schedule decides who is still there in March