Someone is overwhelmed, work is slipping, and the immediate answer is “let’s hire another person.” Before you post that job, Jessica Gonifas makes the case for redesigning the work first. One of the most expensive mistakes a law firm owner can make is hiring a $70,000 to $150,000 solution to a problem that was never a full-time job.
In this solo episode, she shares the $100,000 job description test, the five buckets of work every firm should sort tasks into, and why full-time employees are only one tool in a much larger toolbox. She also unpacks the danger of hiring ahead of revenue, why the real bottleneck is often the process rather than the people, and a practical A-B-C-D exercise to run before any hire you are planning for 2027.