The person works alongside your team while BigFoot handles employment and payroll. You both get to see how the fit feels in practice.
Make the hire after
you’ve worked together.
BigFoot finds the person, handles payroll and employment administration, and supports both sides while you learn what it is actually like to work together.

Learn the fit on the job, not just in an interview.
Schedule, environment, must-have skills, compensation and what makes someone successful.
BigFoot finds and screens the right person, then employs them during the evaluation period.
See their reliability, teamwork and capability in the actual job—not just across an interview table.
Under standard terms, the buyout reaches zero after 520 billable hours; earlier conversion may carry a buyout based on the remaining hours.
Roles where seeing the work tells you more than another interview.
Temp-to-hire is especially useful when attendance, pace, teamwork, communication and day-to-day performance are easier to judge in the actual job than across an interview table.
Work together. Hire when you’re ready.
Get to know someone by working together. When they’ve proven themselves to your team, you can hire them directly—or wait until 520 billable hours, when the conversion buyout reaches zero under standard terms.
When you know you’ve found the right person, bring them onto your team. An early-conversion buyout may apply.
Prefer more time working together? After 520 billable hours, you can hire them directly with no conversion buyout under standard terms.
Temp-to-Hire questions, answered.
Who employs the person during the Temp-to-Hire period?
BigFoot employs the worker during the evaluation period and handles payroll and employment administration while they work with your team.
When can we hire the person directly?
You can convert earlier if you want. Under standard terms, the buyout reaches zero after 520 billable hours. Earlier conversion may carry a buyout based on the remaining hours.
What kinds of roles work well for Temp-to-Hire?
It is especially useful for manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, maintenance, operational support and selected administrative roles where reliability, teamwork and day-to-day performance are easier to evaluate on the job.
Do we have to know whether Temp-to-Hire is the right model before contacting BigFoot?
No. Tell us how we can help, the work they will be doing and how quickly you need them. We can recommend Temp-to-Hire or Direct Hire based on the role and your hiring goals.
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