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How much though? We're thinking about doing this at my company, but offering $50-100 feels kind of tacky or something.


Pay them a reasonable hourly rate for the time this consumes. A good rule of thumb for any sort of short-term contract work is to take the annual salary and divide by 1000. Definitely don't pay them less than the long-term hourly rate, which is salary divided by 2000. So if your desired applicant pool is getting $200k, offer them $100-200/hour.




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