> How many hours per week are you spending helping him? And how long have you been helping him?
Probably 1/4 to 1/2 of my working day every day. We're a small company, ~7 ppl, I'm the CEO. I'm not a great designer, but some of the stuff he/she sends back is just amateurish. It ends up mostly-amateurish-but-shippable if I spend forever with him on it, but other designers I've worked with in the past have delivered much higher quality stuff for much less, and with way less headache. I think it may just be a sheer talent thing at this point, and I don't know how to instill talent.
> based on what?
People I've worked with in the past, including the person I'm going to hire to replace this person. I guess you'll just have to trust me on that though.
I recognize we hired a decent performer when we wanted a top performer. If you know a way to unilaterally avoid that I'm all ears. And yes, I am willing to pay for a top performer.
What I am not looking forward to now is actually firing this person.
Probably 1/4 to 1/2 of my working day every day. We're a small company, ~7 ppl, I'm the CEO. I'm not a great designer, but some of the stuff he/she sends back is just amateurish. It ends up mostly-amateurish-but-shippable if I spend forever with him on it, but other designers I've worked with in the past have delivered much higher quality stuff for much less, and with way less headache. I think it may just be a sheer talent thing at this point, and I don't know how to instill talent.
> based on what? People I've worked with in the past, including the person I'm going to hire to replace this person. I guess you'll just have to trust me on that though.
I recognize we hired a decent performer when we wanted a top performer. If you know a way to unilaterally avoid that I'm all ears. And yes, I am willing to pay for a top performer.
What I am not looking forward to now is actually firing this person.