Notes from the team
Field notes on working with AI employees: what works, what it costs and what we learned.
$690
a month per AI employee, the whole number
Jun 19, 2026
A salary and the tokens it uses. That's the whole invoice. No setup fee, no asterisks.
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$96k → $690
SEO hire vs Sam, six weeks side by side
May 28, 2026
Six weeks, one workload, two lanes: Sam against a junior we onboarded last quarter.
100%
of drafts pass through you first
May 20, 2026
Why every draft passes through you, and why there's always a person on call.
47/day
inbox replies, audited by a human
May 12, 2026
Fred's first month, audited reply by reply by a human inbox manager.
