Automate or Hire · $49 · 10 minutes

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 is 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 part, 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. Here are four.

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

    What job are you thinking of hiring for? Or which job has too much work?

  2. 02

    Every task this role would do in a normal week, with rough hours.

    One per line: "Answer quote requests, 6 hrs." Aim for 8 to 15 lines.

  3. 03

    Which of those tasks need a person? Think judgment calls, relationships, or being there in person.

  4. 04

    What does it cost you when this work doesn't get done? Lost jobs, late invoices, your weekends?

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.

  • 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
  • Answer first. Pay when you're done.
  • Your answers save as you go
  • Your report is ready in about 2 minutes
  • A plan, in order, with someone in charge of every line
  • How-to guides for your team
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Questions

About Automate or Hire.

How long does it take?

About ten minutes to answer. Your answers save as you go. Your report is ready about two minutes after you pay, 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?

Only if you buy With Ben. Everything else is read by a system I built from the way I read companies. Your answers are stored encrypted. They are never used to train anything.

Can I upgrade?

Yes. Every report has an upgrade button. Your $49 comes off the Founder Read, which covers all three parts.

Who is it for?

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

More quick checks

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