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The wage is the smallest number in the calculation and the only one most owners run. The rest of it decides whether the hire works.
Continue reading The first hire has to pay for themselves. Working out what that actually takes
The mechanics of finding somebody have changed almost completely in twenty years. The part that decides whether it works has not moved at all.
Continue reading Hiring a first crew member then and now. What changed, and what did not
These are the maintenance tasks with the widest gap between what they cost to do and what they cost to skip. Ranked by how fast the gap opens.
Continue reading Seven jobs that cost an hour now and four figures later, in order of urgency
A large company's standard agreement is written to protect the large company. Most of it is negotiable, and knowing which parts to push on is the skill.
Continue reading Eight clauses a big customer's contract will contain, and what each one does to you
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
A job posting that attracts forty applicants and yields nobody hireable has done its job badly. The point is filtering, not volume.
Continue reading Hiring your first employee? Write the posting so the wrong people opt out