Let's face it. As startups, we can't really offer top-dollar salaries to our employees. But we can offer some fun benefits that the big companies can't/won't. Here are a few that w …

I've never been a fan of counting vacation days, sick days, personal days, or whatever you want to call them. It's irked me to no end that, given X number of paid-time-off days at …

We're just employing our first people in the US (currently have employees in the UK). I understand that not all companies recognise all the same public holidays. There's a list of …

We just rented a new office in downtown Portland Maine. It will be a fun location for the employees and everyone is excited about the move. Unfortunately, there is little public p …

In the US, medical insurance is tied to the employer in the vast majority of cases. Paying for an employee health plan is beyond the means of many startups. Founders are often will …

Is anyone using an HRIS system that they could recommend? Something online, easy to use. I'm looking for the following: compensation tracking (salary, bonus, stock options, ves …

I'm building a product for secondary and post-secondary education but for right now my product is more of a fit for the secondary education market. The product works and does what …

Does anyone offer a Flexible Spending Account for dependent care to their employees as a benefit? If so, whom do you use as an administrator and what are the costs of administrati …

Looking at PEO (professional employee organization) providers - just wanted to get a sense for who else is out there other than TriNet. I only know about TriNet from Feld's AskThe …

I'm the co-founder of a startup that just closed an angel round. We're planning on hiring a few employees, and I'm wondering how much paid vacation we should offer per year. Also, …