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What fun and low-cost fringe benefits/perks would you offer to employees?
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 …
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Which US public holidays should we give our employees off?
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 …
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What solutions are there to removing medical insurance as a barrier to startup hiring?
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 …
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Has anyone set up an FSA for dependent care?
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 …
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Have you seen problems with “unmetered” paid-time-off?
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 …
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How much paid vacation for startup employees?
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, …