How to Decide if a New Hire Will Be a Team Player in the Interview

Post by beachstartup » Fri, Jul 19, 2013, 5:57 PM UTC

rdouble wrote: post #51

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> A job explicitly labeled "contract to hire" is never done right i don't understand how you and the other guy can make these blanket black and white statements like this. have you guys ever had to hire people based on advertised solicitation only? contract to hire is mainly done in situations where a new employee can not be vouched for by an existing one, or a large number of new employees must be brought on at once…

I'm not sure what I said contradicts what you're saying. I've been involved with hiring over 100 people in Boston, San Francisco and NYC. Everyone does not really know everyone but that's a different story. Contract to hire is very popular in the part of the Midwest where I'm originally from because of no particular reason other than the hiring firm can and the person being hired doesn't have many options. At one pla…

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jul 19, 2013, 6:21 PM UTC

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Done right, contract-to-hire seems like a great solution to me. It's actually a chance for the employer and employee to get to know each other and make sure their mutual expectations match. Assuming the position were to be salaried at $104k, a sensible agreement might be: - The employee is hired temporarily for a period of one to three months. - Their wage is paid weekly, at a rate of $2k per week (i.e. 1/52 of their…

That's the issue. A job explicitly labeled "contract to hire" is never done right. No good developer is going to do contract to hire at 1/52 of the salary, because they already either make an equivalent salary or far more as a contractor. The company isn't going to pay an actual contracting rate, because they are either cheap or can't afford it. Contract to hire is almost exclusively done in places where it's hard fo…

Post by chollida1 » Fri, Jul 19, 2013, 6:44 PM UTC

beachstartup wrote: post #49

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I think we're going to have to disagree here. > have you ever worked with people who are used to getting paid $100+/hr? i.e. top people? it doesn't sound like it. I saw this and wondered if you were trolling. It's certainly a rude and undeserved comment, but I'll be charitable and bite:) My main point is that "good" developers, always have options. My assumptions: 1) the developer wants full time work, otherwise they…

what i'm saying is my actual real life experience contradicts pretty much everything you're stating. your position is falsifiable by a single example. it's not reality. it's just your opinion. you're saying "that's impossible", when it clearly is NOT impossible.