HR help for teams without an HR department
Copy-ready templates, plain-English policy guides, and honest HR software comparisons for founders and managers at growing companies.
Free to use. Legal points checked against official sources. Software ranked by a published scoring method, never by who pays.
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Letters, forms, and policies with clear placeholders, plus notes on what to change for your team.
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Letters and templates
Offer letters, write-ups, verification letters, and more, ready to copy.
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HR policies
Sample policies you can adapt, from PTO to remote work.
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Performance
Reviews, PIPs, OKRs, and feedback that people actually use.
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Retention and HR metrics
Turnover, attrition, absenteeism, and what to do about them.
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Engagement and culture
Surveys, recognition, wellness, and team habits that stick.
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Onboarding and offboarding
Checklists and processes for someone’s first and last day.
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Compensation and benefits
Pay strategy, benefits, and pay equity for small teams.
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Leave and time off
Bereavement, sabbaticals, floating holidays, and PTO.
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HR operations
Audits, compliance checklists, records, and payroll basics.
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Recruiting
Hiring processes, AI in recruiting, and sourcing.
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HR software
Honest comparisons of HR, payroll, and recruiting tools.
Checked against official sources
Anything legal links to the government source for the country it applies to, with the date we last reviewed it.
Honest about how we earn
Some software links pay us a commission. We say so on the page, and rankings come from a published scoring method.
No made-up experience
We only describe what we actually saw, and quote real users with a link to where they said it.