A raise, a better schedule, or better tools. Which one keeps somebody, and for how long
Retention spending is usually decided by whichever lever is easiest to pull. The four options differ enormously in how long the effect lasts.
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Your rate is not what the other guy charges. It is what your calendar allows
Pricing against a competitor copies their arithmetic without seeing it. The number that matters is how many hours you can actually sell in a year.
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Four people who can answer the question you are stuck on, and how to ask
Most questions families get stuck on about school have a person whose actual job is answering them. The difficulty is knowing which person, and how to ask.
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The year a side business outgrew tax software, and what the accountant found
Software handles a simple return well and cannot ask questions. The gap between those two facts is where most of the money sits.
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Ninety days to decide, on both sides. How a probation period should actually run
A probationary period that nobody manages is just ninety days of hoping. It is meant to be a structure with dates on it, and it runs in two directions.
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