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Did you consider contracting? You can bill as a team, you control the interview process, you can split and reunite at will, and the people who are booked can su

• copsarebastards 11y ago
  I'd be surprised if they didn't consider it: it's a common enough model in our industry that I'd even be surprised if one of them has previously worked as a contractor. There are a lot of unappealing things about contracting, though.
• grrowl 11y ago
  I would have expected this, although you need a decent enough runway so you can pay you rent, family expenses, etc. It sounds like their employer kicked them out and they wanted to find stable, predictable employment quickly. Also, a team of developers may not possess the required business/sales skills, or not want to move into that area.
• adelsmee 11y ago
  We did consider that. But then I thought to myself "who is going to worry about toilet paper and payroll and all that stuff". No-one on the team wanted to do any of that, let alone the sales and networking that are required to keep a consultancy afloat.
  • studentrob 11y ago
    Spitballing.. What about sharing the responsibility by having one person responsible for 6 months, then change after that? Salaries transparent in a spreadsheet like at Buffer Alternatively wonder if you could've spent the same effort networking as a team by group interviewing prospective HR people to fill the role you wanted.