Pay Roll: Two Ways to Conceive of Employee Cost
One of the hardest things to do, as a solo attorney, is to make your first hire in any category . Even if you’ve hired an administrative assistant or paralegal before – a difficult hurdle to jump, in its own right – it’s still not easy to bring i n an associate attorney , or a chief revenue officer . Those are all different categories of role; so , it’s easy to get a little antsy making one of those hires, because the skill sets are different, and it’s tough to get a handle on what you should be expecting out of a job title you’ve never had any experience hiring for, or managing. You can research all you want; but, when the rubber meets the road, you’re the one who needs to determine whether someone is effective in a role – and, part of understanding that is lived experience . T here’s only one way to get that , of course . So, it’s always a little bit of a leap of faith , when you hire a new employee type, for the first time . ...
