Here's what's on fire
Nothing is running late.
Everything open has been looked at recently enough for the kind of thing it is. Here it all is anyway.
Waiting on you
Sunday night, three minutes3 decisions
Hey — what about Mara?
She was turned down for the security officer role, eight months back. But she asked about running a local team, and the maintenance venture just opened. That's the whole reason.
What this need asks for, and what answers it
Calm when a crew is short and a client is angry
“She asked what happens to the existing crew if we bring someone in above them. Nobody else asked that.”
Devon wrote this down, second conversation — somebody heard this
Good with the people the company already has, not just the ones they'd bring
“Running site operations for a regional facilities company.”
what they're doing now
Would run a small local team without us hovering
Nothing written down answers this yet. It’s a question for Mara, not a mark against them.
This compares what the need asks for against what people wrote down. There is no score under it, and there never will be.
What we don't know: Whether she's still looking. We haven't spoken in forty-one days.
Mara Solt · for someone to run the maintenance venture
What's been sitting
5 things open- todaytwo days is late here
Pool and spa technician
We haven't looked at this in eleven days. Marisol is deciding by Thursday and we've said nothing.
- todayfive days is late here
A second engineer on the Nova team
Six days since anyone touched this, and the seat starts in four weeks.
- todayten days is late here
Senior consultant, operations
Two people waiting to be interviewed. Nobody has offered them a time.
- todayten days is late here
Security officer
One decline written and unsent. It's been sitting a day.
- today21 days is late here
Someone to run the maintenance venture
Two people worth talking to, and nobody has picked up the phone in nine days.
3 more we noticed
Hey — what about Devon?
Devon's engagement ends in three weeks. The Nova seat starts in four. Neither side knows about the other.
What this need asks for, and what answers it
Free from the start of next month
“Said he's wrapping in three weeks and hasn't lined up what's next. Not urgently looking, but open.”
Andrew wrote this down, catch-up call — somebody heard this
Has worked inside someone else's organisation before
Nothing written down answers this yet. It’s a question for Devon, not a mark against them.
Will interview the client's staff before building anything
Nothing written down answers this yet. It’s a question for Devon, not a mark against them.
This compares what the need asks for against what people wrote down. There is no score under it, and there never will be.
What we don't know: Whether Nova is a client he'd want. He was clear that this matters to him.
Devon Okafor · for a second engineer on the nova team
Hey — what about Marcus?
He built a maintenance company to forty staff and sold it. He told Brendan he'd love to run something again — not alone this time.
What this need asks for, and what answers it
Calm when a crew is short and a client is angry
“Said the thing he missed most was the morning crew meeting.”
Brendan wrote this down, coffee after the sale — somebody heard this
Good with the people the company already has, not just the ones they'd bring
“Built a maintenance company to forty staff”
a plain fact on their record
Would run a small local team without us hovering
Nothing written down answers this yet. It’s a question for Marcus, not a mark against them.
This compares what the need asks for against what people wrote down. There is no score under it, and there never will be.
What we don't know: Whether 'not alone this time' means a co-founder, or just a board. Worth asking him.
Marcus Feld · for someone to run the maintenance venture
Hey — what about Priya?
“Will interview the client's staff before building anything” and “Free from the start of next month” — both of those turned up in what people wrote down after speaking to Priya.
What this need asks for, and what answers it
Will interview the client's staff before building anything
“She described sitting with warehouse staff for two weeks before proposing anything. That's our whole method, and nobody told her to say it.”
Brendan wrote this down, first conversation — somebody heard this
Free from the start of next month
“Available from the start of next quarter”
a plain fact on their record
Has worked inside someone else's organisation before
Nothing written down answers this yet. It’s a question for Priya, not a mark against them.
This compares what the need asks for against what people wrote down. There is no score under it, and there never will be.
What we don't know: We've got nothing written down about “Has worked inside someone else's organisation before”. We last spoke 64 days ago — they may have moved on.
Priya Nair · for a second engineer on the nova team
Everything above compares what people observed against what a need asks for. We never score a person, and we never guess at who someone is from a résumé. Everyone here can read their own record.