The People Partner

Helping early-stage tech founders reduce early employee and freelancer churn by tightening onboarding, expectations, outputs, and working cadence.

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The Problem We See Repeatedly

In early-stage tech teams, people rarely leave because they’re “bad hires” or because pay is slightly off.

In our experience, churn in the first 90 days usually comes from:

The result is wasted founder time, re-recruitment, and loss of momentum.

Why This Is Expensive (UK Data)

Employee turnover in small UK organisations averages ~18%.
Source: Circle HR — Employee retention statistics (2024)
The average cost of replacing an employee earning £25k+ is ~£30,614.
This includes recruitment, onboarding, and lost productivity.
Source: Circle HR — Cost of employee turnover
DIY hiring commonly takes 77–136 hours of founder time.
Source: HF Business Advisory — The real cost of founder-led hiring

For early-stage founders, this cost often hits when time, focus, and runway are already tight.

How We Work

The People Partner is not a traditional people consultancy.

We do tangible setup work that reduces churn risk before it becomes expensive.

  1. Expectation Mapping — clarify what “good” looks like.
  2. Output Definition — make deliverables and ownership explicit.
  3. Onboarding Structure — clear first 30/60/90 days.
  4. Cadence & Checkpoints — surface misalignment early.

Pricing (Early Validation)

Simple, transparent pricing while demand is validated.

Package Best For Price Includes
Freelancer Setup Founders working with contractors £350 one-off Role clarity, outputs, onboarding pack, review cadence
Early Employee Setup First permanent hires £750 one-off Role expectations, success criteria, 90-day onboarding

No retainers. No long-term commitments.

Who This Is For

Start With a Free People Churn Review

A short, informal conversation to identify where churn risk is hiding in your current setup.

Email hello@thepeoplepartner.io