09/03/2026
Every firm owner who tells me he’s too small for HR already has HR. It’s him, on a Sunday, doing the comp conversation he’s been avoiding since March.
The handbook from when you had four people. The paralegal who raised her workload and got a “let’s circle back.” The offer letter written from memory. None of it disappears because there’s no HR seat. It just gets handled badly by whoever bills the most per hour in the building.
That’s the whole case for fractional. Not a department. A few hours a month against the pile you keep moving to the weekend.
If your handbook predates your current office, DM me HANDBOOK.