Montreal-based entrepreneur and blogger Ben Yoskovitz knows a thing or two about hiring employees at startups. Yoskovitz formerly founded his own company, Standout Jobs
- a tool designed to improve hiring and recruiting techniques for small
businesses on the Web. Needless to say, the hiring and performance
tracking of employees at the SMB level is a topic of interest for
Yoskovitz. One of the items he recently wrote about is whether startups should hire workaholics expected to work 80+ hours each week, and some interesting arguments against this doctrine emerged.
The startup ecosystem has long accepted the "all day, every day"
methodology toward building a company, especially at the early stages.
When you think you have a great idea you don't want to stop working on
it, and young entrepreneurs will work during every spare moment to
hasten the progress of their idea. That's great, and many successful
entrepreneurs have done just that, but should that translate to your
employees once you begin expanding?
To read the full, original article click on this link: Startup Employee Metrics: Looking Beyond Work Hours
Author: Chris Cameron
