Three Gauges by Quiet Wins · People · $49

Should you automate it or hire for it?

Before you post the job, split it. Automate or Hire shows what a computer can do, what still needs a person, and what each path costs.

About 10 questions· 10 minutes· Report in about 2 minutes· Pay once
Automate or Hire reads the People gauge. It's a $49, ten-minute check. Use it on the job you're about to post, or the one nobody can keep up with. You list the tasks. You get the job split in two: what a computer can do and what still needs a person. Each path comes with a cost. Then a plan, in order. It ends with Situation, Action, Outcome: what's true, what to do, what you get.
What it looks for

The People gauge, up close.

The job, task by task.

Each task gets one of three answers: stop doing it, let a computer do it, or keep a person on it. If it's a computer, you get the tool's name.

The hours left for a person.

Under 20 hours a week? That's a part-timer or a contractor, not a full-time hire. The report says so.

Both paths, with a cost.

Hire: about this much a year. Automate: about this much a month, plus setup time. Based on your budget.

The role that would leave a hole.

The first move is always the same: write down what that person knows.

What you answer

About ten questions, in four areas.

Think about your next hire, or the job nobody can keep up with. Plus a few about you and your company: what you do, how many people, and why today.

  1. 01

    The job

    The hire you're thinking about, or the job that's overflowing.

  2. 02

    The work

    What that job actually does in a normal week.

  3. 03

    People or computers

    Which parts need a person and which don't.

  4. 04

    The cost of waiting

    What it costs you while the work doesn't get done.

You see the full questions after you pay.

What you get

A plan, in order, with someone in charge of every line.

  • A score and a color

    One to ten. Ten means it runs without you. Red, yellow, or green.

  • The job, split in two

    What a computer can do and what still needs a person. Before you post the job.

  • What to do, in order

    Five to seven moves. Number one is your Monday move. Each one has a first step. Each one is a quiet win.

  • Someone in charge of every line

    You, a role on your team, a computer, or nobody, because you should stop doing it.

  • Situation, Action, Outcome

    It ends with what's true, what to do, and what you get. What changes in 30 days and in 90.

  • How-to guides for your team

    Every move that repeats comes out as a short how-to. Download them. Drop them into Flowformance.

Situation

What's true.

What is going on right now, in plain words. With your own answers quoted back to you.

Action

What to do.

The moves, in order. Someone in charge of every line. A first step for each one.

Outcome

What you get.

What changes in 30 days and in 90. And a list of things you get to stop doing.

Price

$49. Pay once.

$49
About 10 questions · 10 minutes · Pay once
  • Your name and email. Pay. Then answer.
  • Your answers save as you go
  • Your report is ready about 2 minutes after you press send
  • A plan, in order, with someone in charge of every line
  • How-to guides for your team
Start Automate or Hire · $49 →

Your $49 comes off the Founder Read.

Questions

About Automate or Hire.

How long does it take?

Your name and email, then you pay. Then answer the rest, about ten minutes. Your answers save as you go. Your report is ready about two minutes after you press send, and we email you the link.

Will it tell me not to hire?

Sometimes. It splits the job into what a computer can do and what still needs a person. Sometimes the answer is a smaller hire, or not yet. Sometimes it's hire now. You get the cost of both paths.

Does a person read my answers?

A system reads them. I built it from the way I read companies. I read them myself only when I've invited you to work with me. Your answers are stored encrypted. They are never used to train anything.

Can I upgrade?

Yes. Your $49 comes off the Founder Read, which covers all three gauges.

Who is it for?

Founders and the people who run things, at companies of 1 to 200 people.

The other gauges

Something else hurts more?

Ten minutes from now, you'll know what the job really is.

The job you're about to post, split into what a computer can do and what still needs a person.

About 10 questions · 10 minutes · Pay once