We use a variety of internal and external staff and service providers. This allows us to hire the widest possible range of talent, while providing a strong internal career track for core team members.
People can frequently move around between roles. Someone may start as an external consultant and eventually come in-house, or vice versa.
Core Team Member | Contributor | Service Provider | |
Purpose | In-house staff accountable to the company as a whole in addition to their work | Contract staff accountable to deliver on their specific task and project assignments | External firms or individuals who provide specific services to Cantilever, ex. Law firms, accountants, etc |
Contract | 🇺🇸: W2 Employee of Cantilever
🇩🇰: Employee of Cantilever Europe
Rest of World: Independent Contractor. Be mindful of local employment/tax requirements! | Independent Contractor | Individuals: Independent Contractor.
Businesses: B2B contract |
Compensation | Standardized based on Compensation and Benefits documentation | Currently not standardized. In the future, will be standardized based on Compensation and Benefits documentation | Not standardized. Strategists/CEO should evaluate what we can pay based on circumstances and needs. |
Choice of Work | Receive preference for choice of projects/tasks but are expected to occasionally take on important work for the company that might not be their first choice | Free to choose what they prefer to work on (from what’s been made available to them) and the amount of work they want to take on | N/A |
Planning Involvement | Involved by default in company-wide decisions | Invited to provide feedback on relevant topics on a case-by-case basis | None |
Work Consistency | Consistent workload | Varied workload (based on client needs and availability of talent) | N/A |
Cantilever Email? | ✅ | ✅ | 🚫 |
Benefits & Perks | ✅ | 🚫 | 🚫 |
Bonuses/Profit Sharing | ✅ | 🚫 | 🚫 |
Equipment | All equipment provided | Some equipment may be provided based on role | None |
Slack Access | ✅ | Partial. Invited to #cantilever-contributors, #campfire, and specific project channels. Should be a multi-channel guest rather than a regular member | 🚫 |
Asana Access | ✅ | Partial. Added to specific projects & tasks. Not in Cantilever Core Team. | 🚫 |
1password Access | ✅ | Yes, added as member and has access to Cantilever Community vault + individual vaults invited to | 🚫 |
TextExpander Access | ✅ | 🚫 | 🚫 |
Notion Access | ✅ | Only to Cantilever Community Teamspace + Specific project/client-related pages | 🚫 |
Zoom Account | ✅, role depends on position | Only when position demands it | 🚫 |
On Weekly Team Calls? | ✅ | May be invited on occasion | 🚫 |
In Cantilever Community Events/Slack channel? | ✅ | ✅, but time spent is not billable to Cantilever | 🚫 |
Involved in Sprint Planning? | ✅ | May be invited on occasion | 🚫 |
Tracks Time in Harvest? | ✅ | ✅ | 🚫 |
Pay Transparency | Assessments shown in team directory | Rates available to people who need to know in order to do their job (Strategists, PMs, leadership) | In the books; ask Ty and he will tell you |