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A company called Elevator is trying to do that. From https://goelevator.com/ : > The world’s first team hiring platform. > Assemble your best colleagues today and start receiving full-time or freelance team jobs.
Thanks for pointing out that we’re already doing this at Elevator. I’m the CEO - AMA.
There is some opportunity to 'disrupt' the founder model a bit where instead of a 'technical' and 'business' founder you could start with 4-5 more specialized individuals with more diverse backgrounds and probably get a lot more done.
A "team" means more than one human, and coordination of >1 humans requires a contract. A group of humans negotiating a contract for employment is "collective bargaining", which is a no-go for business, because divide and conquer is cheaper.
Wait, isn’t HN a platform where one could find teams? Let’s try it... If you are a team good at the things in my profile or on my LinkedIn, and would be interested to become full time employees in exchange for a guaranteed global scale “customer” problem to solve for one of 5 largest global banks – I will hire you. If this works, we’ll report back here that HN can be a match maker between companies and entire dev tea…
Doesn't work like that. OP is talking about a company that would assemble a team that matches those requirements, not one that finds teams that already exist somewhere.
Also, not really interested in “assembling a team”, that’s not rocket science. I’m interested in a team that already hums, that’s rocket fuel.
PS. It may have already worked, I’ve been contacted about a team. And thank you to anyone reaching out, we’ve got appetite.
They later moved to California, continued living together and working on the same teams at work. Eventually, they got separate houses but still work together as a high functioning mini-team in their own shared office at a huge SV company last I heard. It probably raised eyebrows at interviews saying they wanted to work together, but they excelled technically and in the long run it seems to have been a significant career advantage that raised their productivity and possibly even rate of learning.
The impression I get is that the situation is something almost no manager would ask for or have any desire to disrupt.
I did have two acquaintances from long ago when I was a humanities major at school who did this. They were roommates in college, both worked for the same lab, then worked at the same tech company after college. They later moved to California, continued living together and working on the same teams at work. Eventually, they got separate houses but still work together as a high functioning mini-team in their own shared…
I've almost hired full teams for my clients a few times as a recruiter. There tend to be a couple issues with this model. For one, what if the hiring company interviews the team and wants 7 of the 10? The team has to make a decision to either look for work where they can all be on the team, or abandon members. The other issue is timing. The team members need to all be available at (or around) the same time, and they…
>> a company might pay each member a bit more for a team experienced in working together, as in theory they should be more productive more quickly. On the other hand, if you already have an established team, merging them when they see themselves as distinct groups might be tough. The other issue I see is that I doubt companies will want this to become common in the industry. Even if it's great for hiring (and I think…
Remember when the cast of Friends all negotiated for $1M/episode, and they pitched it as "you pay us all, or you don't have a product"? I don't recall any public outcry that they were holding NBC hostage.
As we move toward a completely digital society, it only makes sense that the digital gatekeepers will have more leverage. Employers hate that.
A "team" means more than one human, and coordination of >1 humans requires a contract. A group of humans negotiating a contract for employment is "collective bargaining", which is a no-go for business, because divide and conquer is cheaper.
In civilised countries collective bargaining is protected by law.