Human Capital
-
Looking for insights into co-employment (PEO) for start-up Business
I'm in the process of starting a new business and am looking at options for benefits. I'm familiar with co-employment organizations that essentially "share" employees so that among other things, benefits are available at an overall lower cost. Does anyone have any experience with these organizatio…
5
-
E-learning web development recommendation?
Can anyone recommend a firm that can help me build an e-learning website?
3
-
Defining the CFO role with the CEO
One of the more interesting discussions/issues that I've batted around with fellow members of FENG is defining the CFO's role with the CEO - as many have experienced struggles in doing so. In short, the discussion centered around two points. First, the CFO is faced with a balancing act betwee…
10
-
Curious about Part Time CFO's, and consultants...
I own a growing transportation company in New York. We've been in business for about 6 years, and do revenues of about $1m per year. We've been growing steadily at about 10% per year. I think my cash management, financing, tax and overall financial strategies could really be improved by the rig…
10
-
As a manager, how do you feel about firing people?
Not layoffs, but actually letting someone go because he/she simply can’t perform their job correctly. Do you give the person multiple opportunities to improve, or do you make the decision quickly?
13
-
How many CFO's have the CIO as a direct report?
Does it really matter anymore that the CIO be a direct report? Is the move from "Ownership" to "Custodianship" of the Finance/Accounting data by the CFO enabling the CIO to move to a full seat at the C-table? What's your point of view?
7
-
Should I be writing a different resume for each job I apply for?
I know I should always write a unique cover letter for each position, but should I tailor each resume as well?
11
-
Holiday and PTO
We had a discussion onn this group recently about the benefits of PTO vs vacation, sick and personal time off. Now I am interested in getting a general feel for the normal levels of holiday, sick and vacation time in an office based employment environment. We offer 8 official holidays plus two comp…
8
-
Does your company have a formal process in place for mentoring employees?
And do you believe one is necessary for helping employees improve and move up within your company?
1
-
401K Management Committee Charters
Any examples, and/or thoughts on finding, "401K Management Committee Charters"? Such a Charter or Mission Statement defines the roles and responsibilites of the Pension Plan and Retirement Committee. This is an internal management committee including the Head of HR, Treasury and Finance.
4
-
Signing authority
Looking for wording for our employee manual or employment agreements which spells out specifically who is allowed/has authority to sign off on binding contracts and other key documents. Can you share with me what you might use in your own employee manual or employment agreements? Thank you.
2
-
New ESPP reporting on Form 3922.
Employees purchase ESPP stock at a discount on December 31st 2009 and sell January 4th 2010 as part of a same day sale, is the 3922 IRS reporting based on the purchase or sell date? This will make a difference on which ESPP reporting cycle you report on. We have two offering periods per year. Thank…
1
-
Once you set up PTO how should it accrue and allowed to be taken?
We recently converted our vacation and sick day policy to PTO. The policy allows for PTO to accrue monthly at different rates based on years of sevice. We are getting a number of questions about how to interprut the policy based on ones Hire/Anniversary date. So if someone has 5 years service th…
3
-
Advice on the Exec Team
We've grown to the point where we need to hire a VP of Operations. The CEO has been filling this role and the District Managers have been filling Strategic Operations/Executive levels. We have recently added our 11th store and are not seeing the growth we need to see in our store and district manag…
6
-
Executive Assistant Pay
What is the right salary level for the Executive Assistant to the CFO of a publicly-traded mid-cap software company in Silicon Valley? ~$500M revenue. Yes, I have the salary data from my HR department. I'm curious what people are actually paying.
3
-
Declining a Job Offer
I've been assisting a company with hiring a new bookkeeper. We offered the position to a candidate and they declined, stating they didn't think it would work for them and since it had been a week, they thought we picked someone else. What's the best etiquette? Should the candidate have alerted u…
18
-
Compensating Sales Staff vs technical sales for a sale
The products and services that we sell at our company are highly technical (science and medical). They are both technical from a medical and science persepective so more often than not is takes two positions in our organization to make a sale. It takes the sales manager to land the lead, get the …
6
Previous
