Employees Questions

Not sure if this the right place to ask but here it goes: We (myself and 2 founders) found our startup about a year ago. Then we brought on an employee to work part-time and had him sign a...

Co-Founder Equity Employees

asked Oct 3 '12 at 06:45

User19965
6 points

I am a software engineer with about 2 years experience and currently at a big tech company. I have an offer to join a startup that has just received seed funding of 250k and they're about 6 months...

Employees Compensation

asked Oct 4 '12 at 18:06

Rob
31 points

When asked in person, or in an survey, the number of employees a startup has, should one count contractors in that number? What about part-timers or interns?

Employees

asked Sep 3 '12 at 04:51

Philip Seifi
132 points

I'd need some help in understanding what I need to do, admittedly I am getting into this for the first time. I am full-time employed in a privately held company in the UK. Recently, I started doing...

Employees Tax Invoice

asked Sep 4 '12 at 19:28

Diferdin
116 points

I got hired as an early employee (employee #4) and considered as key engineer of the company. As compensation, I got some stock option grant (1%), and well below market salary (about 30% of what I...

Employees Compensation

asked Sep 17 '12 at 00:45

T. W.
11 points

According to related topic: If I'm working at a company, do they have intellectual property rights to the stuff I do in my spare time? (and related : Intellectual Property and Side-Projects in...

Employees Employers Copyright Intellectual Property Agreements

asked Aug 12 '12 at 19:24

Grzegorz Wierzowiecki
126 points

I realize that Joel Spoelsky has written an extensive summary of how equity should be allocated (namely, fairly), but I was wondering how things might differ in slightly different...

Equity Employees Compensation

asked Aug 1 '12 at 06:15

Nt3 Rp
115 points

Does the concept of "Unlimited Vacation" increase productivity and attract talented employees ? I've read about it here, specifically: Unlimited vacation fosters productivity and loyalty because...

Hiring Ideas Employees Business

asked Aug 1 '12 at 23:57

User1510230
56 points

Is it common to ask early employee of a startup to sign a contract containing non-compete clauses? I am against our employee, but I have a little concern on our competitor as they have money to...

Getting Started Recruiting Contract Employees NDA

asked Jul 15 '12 at 01:28

Yoga
116 points

People come and go in a startup very often. Even if you try your best to find best talents, there's no guarantee that they are a good fit for your company in a long run. The present culture of...

Employees

asked Jun 7 '12 at 17:39

Hiro
63 points

Our company is a small, Eastern European outsourcing firm, focusing on PHP, .NET, and mobile development projects). As our company is trying to get off the ground, and since we don't have much...

Sales Employees Acquisition Clients

asked May 27 '12 at 18:51

Davey Boy
55 points

Given an offer to join an established company, earning at least a couple of million a year in revenue (under 10 employees) and which is a subsidiary to a multi billion dollar parent company; what...

Development Equity Employees

asked May 10 '12 at 01:34

Maxim Gershkovich
234 points

Like many fellow startups that we know, we've started like with one technical wizard who know a lot of stuff and who knows now where everything is and how it works. The system has undergone a lot...

Getting Started Hiring Employees

asked May 3 '12 at 06:00

Michael Durrant
227 points

This question is not directly related to a creating or running a startup, but I guess this is one of the things that can happen at a startup and I'd love to hear responses from both sides of the...

Management Employees Employers Payroll

asked May 8 '12 at 08:32

Peter
111 points

I really need your help. It 's the first time I've been asked to work for a startup. The company has already been made??, founded by 2 partners, and has already received an initial investment, but...

Contract Equity Employees Design Stock Options

asked Apr 6 '12 at 20:58

Vin
1 point

A couple people at my place of work (small-medium company with < 100 employees) are starting up a lottery pool, and it got me wondering about what would happen if they won. So my question is...

Employees

asked Mar 28 '12 at 04:59

Chris Bye
109 points

We tend to think that the fair value of a work is the price of it, but it's hard to appreciate. As a web startup, what do you think is the best strategy, keep the pay a little too less to keep the...

Employees Salary Web Dev Payroll

asked Mar 22 '12 at 01:12

Hartator
116 points

I'm looking for a strategy to negotiate punctuality with an employee who is quite skilled. However, I fear that docking his pay may not have an impact because he values his own time more highly...

Management Employees Human Resources

asked Feb 20 '12 at 08:58

User2436
14 points

If an employee wanted to clean our buildings above their normal responsibilities, could we hire them as an independent contractor for the cleaning work in addition to them being an employee? Is...

Employees Human Resources

asked Feb 24 '12 at 01:19

Matthew Rankin
196 points

I have bootstrapped a startup in NY and am ready to hire a person. Should I hire this person as a contractor or as an employee. I realize that there are many laws and logistics around hiring an...

Hiring Employees Independent Contractor

asked Feb 25 '12 at 08:06

User15995
42 points