Most companies with fewer than 50 employees have no HR function. That is entirely logical – you should not hire an HR director for 20 people.
But that does not mean you can manage without HR.
I have worked with growth companies for many years. And the pattern is almost always the same. HR issues do not disappear just because no one owns them – they accumulate. Quietly, below the surface, until something explodes.
En felrekrytering. En konflikt som gått för långt. En chef som inte fungerar, men ingen har tagit tag i. En onboarding som skapade fel förväntningar från dag ett.
By then, the cost is many times higher than structured HR support would ever have been.
What you need is not an HR department. What you need is the right support at the right moment.
Ibland är det hjälp att bygga en rekryteringsprocess som faktiskt håller. Ibland fungerar en onboardingstruktur som gör att nya medarbetare presterar snabbare. Ibland bara någon att ringa när du inte riktigt vet hur du ska hantera det som uppstått.
Senior HR expertise on a consultancy basis is not a cost. It is an investment in avoiding the expensive mistakes.
If you have thoughts, questions, or simply want to talk something through – feel free to get in touch.
Magdalena Hagström Ståhl
By M Consulting AB
Right person. Right place. Everything changes.