For growth-stage founders at 10-75+ person startups
Catch bad hires before it costs you time, money, and momentum.
Know who's truly working on your team, and act on it in weeks, not months. Real-work trials before you hire, honest team check-ins after.
$75 for the next 15 founders only
results within 48 hours
Serving the US
Sound familiar?
"I think we kept someone on too long."
That realization usually arrives after months of small signals, second-guessing, and a team quietly compensating.
Otterwise helps you see the signal sooner.
You can't see the full picture
A new hire performs for you before they trust you. A struggling employee doesn't always say so out loud. By the time you hear the truth, it's already been true for a while.
Problems reach you too late
Once you've got managers running their own teams, your team feels a problem before you do. By the time it reaches you, it's cost months of productivity and morale.
Every fire pulls you back in
Chasing down whether it's the hire, the manager, or the system costs you the one thing you can't get back: time you should be spending on growing the business.
How it Works
Clarity for both sides, from day one.
Otterwise runs real-work trials before someone's hired and behavioral check-ins after -- to surface the performance and team-fit signals founders can't see once they're no longer in the room day-to-day.
1
Start with our hiring readiness audit
A 10-minute survey and a 30-minute call. We map where your hiring, onboarding, and existing talent/leadership practices actually work, and where they quietly break.
2
Observe real-work, behavior, & dynamics
We set up a 1-4 week trial where candidates/new hires do the job alongside their team, designed to reveal moments that normally don't come until months later.
3
Transparent feedback from everyone
Periodic 5-minute 360 check-ins from the hire, team, and leaders. We cross-analyze every perspective to surface hidden dynamics and problems.
4
Deliver hiring clarity and post-hire support
Whether deciding to hire someone, how to manage an existing hire, or when to fire, get actionable insight on what to do next, while there's still time to act on it.
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Who they are beyond the resume
How they work when on the job
How they learn and grow over time
What they need to perform their best
Why founders choose Otterwise
Confident hires, fewer surprises, and a lot less time spent putting out fires you should've caught sooner.
No more surprises after hire
You already know how someone works, not just how they interviewed. Get the peace of mind that hiring decisions are well-informed.
Faster ramp-up + act in less time
Hires ramp up faster because they already know the role going in. And you finally have a clear point where you coach, move, or let someone go, instead of being the last one to notice.
Covers the months that actually matter
Most guarantees expire before you know if a hire is really working, especially in sales and customer-facing roles. We're built for the 6-12 months it actually takes to see results.
Out of firefighting, back to building
Stop getting pulled back into team fires and redoing hiring cycles -- get back to growing the business.
Start with the question you most need answered.
Every engagement is scoped to the role, team, and decision in front of you.
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Hiring & Leadership Readiness Audit
$75
Founding rate for the next 15 clients only. Credits toward a trial & the platform after.
A focused read on whether your hiring and support structures can carry your next stage of growth.
10-min survey + 30-min call
What you get
Where your hiring & leadership is actually working or breaking
What really matters for the role, & if properly vetting them
Where & why retention, ramp-up or cohesion issues emerge
Where they struggle and how they act under pressure
Most Requested
Hiring Platform +
Pre-Hire Trials
$2,500+
Per trial, scoped on a call
A real-work window that gives both sides evidence before a high-stakes commitment.
1-4 week trial
What you get
Real job behaviors, not just what they say in an interview
Team dynamics and fit, months in advance
Where they struggle and how they act under pressure
Motivation & retention drivers, + daily guidance you can act on
Ongoing Support
Onboarding + Retention Platform
Custom
Annual subscription, scoped on a call
A living view of how hires are acclimating after the offer is signed, and how teams are performing.
Annual ongoing support
What you get
How performance and team dynamics change over time
Ways to ramp hires faster and improve retention
A structured channel for the team’s read, not just your gut
Bottlenecks & feedback tracked across the whole team
$150
Clarity makes a difference
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