We force employers to make hiring decisions within 72 hours of an introduction is because it ultimately leads to better hiring outcomes.
It empowers the best developers to confidently apply to jobs knowing that they're going to hear back within a short-time frame. Ultimately, this means more, and better developers for you to review, and it means more income certainty for career freelancers.
It may seem like a little bit of an unreasonable request for us to make. And that's because it kind of is.
We've found that reasonable expectations lead to mediocre results. And we'll let other labor markets focus on those.
The simple reason we've been in business for over three years is because we demand unreasonable behavior.
We expect our developers to be prolific contributors to the open source community, have world-class technical chops, and maintain the utmost level of professionalism. After all, that's what you, our employers, demand.
But this doesn't come without responsibilities on your end. We expect our employers to have interesting work, a willingness to pay top dollar for top talent, and an ability to move fast once the right talent is introduced.
When we put these two groups together, we know that excellent work will get produced. And for three years, that's been the case.
But sometimes, we even take it a step further.
We've found that if we tip the power dynamic ever-so-slightly toward elite talent, it strengthens the chance of project success.
And we recognize that this policy does exactly that.If we can summarize our ethos with a sentence, it's probably something like:
"Demand the best from hackers and hirers...but be a LITTLE bit nicer to hackers."
That's not just because we started out as a group of hackers looking for freelance work, but it's because we found that whenever we were empowered, it'd ultimately lead to better results for our clients.
We'd be able to think past their immediate deliverables, and focus on their needs.
So that's what 72 hours is about.
But of course, rules require exceptions. If you've got a good reason why you can't make a decision in 72 hours, let HQ know, and we'll accommodate it as best we can.