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This is an interesting idea. We've talked about ways that we could help create more job stability for people joining a YC company.

sharemywin 8y ago
When I was a consultant, I liked two things about my company. I was paid by the hour, which kept my company honest. I was paid when I was "on the beach"(bench), but I was expected to train and get tech certifications
- ocdtrekkie 8y ago
  Interestingly, I strongly prefer not being paid by the hour. I find time-clocking incredibly irritating, as I may be inspired to a solution or want to fix something outside of hours, which is pretty common for me. And similarly, I don't want to feel bad about if I am doing something wrong or not the most efficiently, but still charging full price for that time. Possibly the most irritating thing for me in times I was on hourly was arriving at work a few minutes too early to clock in and having to twiddle my thumbs, or having to determine whether or not something I wanted to remote in and do met the official terms for being paid in after hours time. My personal feeling leans towards paying for "a job well done", and leaving it on the idea that if you're doing your job well, I'd like to believe nobody will question how you spent the hours you were doing it. Being paid while on the bench makes a lot of sense if they feel you're valuable enough to retain, and time to actually spend training is pretty nice when you can fit it in, and obviously works to their benefit.
  - sharemywin 8y ago
    I didn't have to clock in I just needed to enter my billable hours.
  - sharemywin 8y ago
    "And similarly, I don't want to feel bad about if I am doing something wrong or not the most efficiently, but still charging full price for that time." - A lot of people at the company would feel guilty and put in free hours to the client. (They would usually also get rewarded with excellent customer feedback.)
  - webmaven 8y ago
    The occasional lack of efficiency/productivity should be reflected in your billable rate, that is, the rate should reflect your level of (relevant) skill, any specialized knowledge, and mean productivity, not max. Then there is no problem with just billing the spent hours without any fudging one way or the other.
- webmaven 8y ago
  Might want to rephrase the 2nd bit, if you're trying to conceal which BigConsultingCo you worked for.
sjg007 8y ago
YC would be competitive by providing health care and maybe some shares in YC if work at some YC companies. Seems doable.

sharemywin 8y ago

When I was a consultant, I liked two things about my company. I was paid by the hour, which kept my company honest. I was paid when I was "on the beach"(bench), but I was expected to train and get tech certifications

ocdtrekkie 8y ago
Interestingly, I strongly prefer not being paid by the hour. I find time-clocking incredibly irritating, as I may be inspired to a solution or want to fix something outside of hours, which is pretty common for me. And similarly, I don't want to feel bad about if I am doing something wrong or not the most efficiently, but still charging full price for that time. Possibly the most irritating thing for me in times I was on hourly was arriving at work a few minutes too early to clock in and having to twiddle my thumbs, or having to determine whether or not something I wanted to remote in and do met the official terms for being paid in after hours time. My personal feeling leans towards paying for "a job well done", and leaving it on the idea that if you're doing your job well, I'd like to believe nobody will question how you spent the hours you were doing it. Being paid while on the bench makes a lot of sense if they feel you're valuable enough to retain, and time to actually spend training is pretty nice when you can fit it in, and obviously works to their benefit.
- sharemywin 8y ago
  I didn't have to clock in I just needed to enter my billable hours.
- sharemywin 8y ago
  "And similarly, I don't want to feel bad about if I am doing something wrong or not the most efficiently, but still charging full price for that time." - A lot of people at the company would feel guilty and put in free hours to the client. (They would usually also get rewarded with excellent customer feedback.)
- webmaven 8y ago
  The occasional lack of efficiency/productivity should be reflected in your billable rate, that is, the rate should reflect your level of (relevant) skill, any specialized knowledge, and mean productivity, not max. Then there is no problem with just billing the spent hours without any fudging one way or the other.
webmaven 8y ago
Might want to rephrase the 2nd bit, if you're trying to conceal which BigConsultingCo you worked for.

sjg007 8y ago

YC would be competitive by providing health care and maybe some shares in YC if work at some YC companies. Seems doable.