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Revenge of the HourlyNerds

Harvard Business Review

These businesses have powerful disruptive potential because they can provide consulting at a fraction of the cost of traditional models, largely because they do not need to carry expensive fixed costs like recruiting, training, consultant “beach” time, and expensive real estate.

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21 Types of Employment: Your Hire-To-Retire Guide

AIHR

When to offer it: If your company has fluctuating workloads or seasonal needs or has to reduce fixed labor costs. For instance, a real estate agent would earn a percentage of each home sale, or a salesperson would receive a commission for each product sold. GET STARTED 10.