Startups & Scaling
HR Checklist for a 50-Person Startup
The infrastructure a 50-person company should have in place, grouped by what breaks first when it's missing.
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Employment essentials
The non-negotiables. If these are wrong, everything else is built on sand.
- Compliant contracts in every country you employ in
- Correct worker classification
- Payroll running accurately with a documented process
- A single system of record for employee data
- Leave and absence tracking
Consistency layer
The things that prevent unfairness from accumulating.
- Compensation bands and a review cadence
- Levelling framework for the main job families
- A documented hiring and interview process
- Structured onboarding
- Written performance expectations
Management layer
At 50 people you typically have six to ten managers, most of them first-timers. Give them a one-to-one structure, a feedback expectation, and somewhere to go when something goes wrong.
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