Hiring guide
The Work You Should Delete Before Hiring
The cheapest task is the one you stop doing.
Help owners avoid making low-value work permanent through hiring or automation.
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Work Deletion
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The mistake
Hiring or automating low-value work makes the business heavier. Deleting it makes the business lighter.
The better move
Look for unused reports, duplicate data entry, stale meetings, unnecessary approvals, and tasks nobody uses.
A practical way to use this guide
Pick one role, task group, or automation idea and describe the work in plain language before using a calculator. Include the repeatable work, the exception handling, the review time, and the decisions the owner still has to make. Hiring looks better on paper when those hidden pieces are left out.
The result can mislead you if revenue is seasonal, the process is undocumented, the owner is the only reviewer, or the new person would inherit unclear priorities. Use the linked tools to decide whether to hire, automate, simplify, or delete work. The best next step is often a smaller role, clearer standards, or removing low-value work before adding headcount.