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CharlieHR

Company blog · charliehr.com/blogbusinesscareer

CharlieHR is the company blog at charliehr.com, writing about business and career. Since 2016, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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2016–2023first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 2 in 2016

Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link CharlieHR, an HR software product site, including its security page and a case study on unlimited PTO. The comments focus on a typo in a security page heading and on the PTO findings.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

With Charlie, you can automate your HR tasks and build a high-performing team that drives your business forward.

What Hacker News says?

  1. Just a heads up, the header on the security page [1] says "SSL and TSL". I see later on that you correctly say "TLS", but mistakes like that in headings don't spur confidence :) [1] https://www.charliehr.com/security

    Comment linking /security

    on “Charlie – Free HR platform for small businesses”
  2. Submitted Charlie – Free HR platform for small businesses as a story · 71 points

    HN discussion
  3. Unlimited time off sounds like a really nice idea, but it seems that you are not alone in your conclusions, and some companies who have paid attention to the efficacy or otherwise of the policy have had a rethink. Here's a case study by an HR software company from the UK on why they found it to be counterproductive. I found this case study whilst researching unlimited time off whilst interviewing for a job at Shopif…

    Comment linking /blog/we-tried-unlimited-holiday-heres-everything-that-went-wrong/

    on “Ask HN: Is Unlimited PTO a Scam”
  4. Submitted Our Reviews feature was so bad, even we weren’t using it as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted We got career progression wrong. You will too. Here’s what it cost us as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion

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