The judgment of an in-house HR director — two dedicated days a month, on call in between — for a flat fee that's stated right here, because you shouldn't have to ask.
For thirteen years I sat on the employer's side of HR compensation — building the ranges, planning the budgets. So here is the number nobody puts in the brochure.
An HR director with the breadth to be a department of one — compliance, compensation, employee relations, manager coaching, and the judgment to know which is which. The average base alone is $173,260, before bonus — and benefits account for roughly another 30% of what employers actually pay. Then the equipment, and the search itself.
$60,000 a year for a senior HR partner. No benefits load, no equipment, no add-ons — one flat fee, agreed before we start, and it doesn't move. Three-month minimum, and the whole Concierge library rides along.
Not because they aren't capable — but because an HR department of one is a genuinely hard job. It asks for breadth that takes a decade to build, offers no one to learn from — and let's be honest, HR departments of one are rarely appreciated. Someone carrying all of that alone, without senior backup and without being well rewarded for it, will burn out. I've seen it happen. It isn't fair to the person, and it isn't good for the business.
Thirteen years in-house, from early-growth companies to the Fortune 100 — and the breadth is the point. I've done this work on manufacturing floors and in union plants, through a mortgage lender's rapid scaling, and inside enterprise insurance, supporting organizations distributed across 42 locations around the country. I haven't only done HR; I've run it.
My practice is AI-enabled, and fractional clients get the part that doesn't scale: tools built for you — your policies, your roles, your states — not templates with your logo pasted on. The judgment stays human; the tools carry it further.
See the Concierge library that comes with it→Sometimes, you just need to talk to an HR person.
No pitch — a real conversation about what you're dealing with, and whether fractional is the right shape for it. Write to erin@gloverco.ai or start below.
Every fee is flat and stated before work begins. Not legal advice — HR guidance; when a situation needs a lawyer, I say so plainly.