Fractional HR consulting in Seattle, WA.
Fractional HR consulting in Seattle, WA for founders and growing teams whose people decisions need a steadier hand. Verk Vibe is Washington-based and remote-first, bringing senior HR support without a full-time executive hire.
One leadership team, several employee locations
A Seattle office does not tell the whole story when employees work in Bellevue, Tacoma or from home elsewhere. Start with where people actually work, who manages them and which decisions keep returning to the founder. Build an HR decision map around that footprint, rather than treating a mailing address as the whole business. Your intake should distinguish city locations from the broader Puget Sound team.
Give managers a consistent escalation path
When one manager handles an issue informally and another sends every question to the owner, leadership becomes the bottleneck. Fractional support can define the first response, documentation expectations and escalation points. Bring recurring examples: a performance conversation that stalled, a policy managers interpret differently, or an employee-relations issue that keeps resurfacing. The engagement connects those decisions to a practical operating rhythm.
What we can build together
An agreed scope can include leadership check-ins, manager guidance, employee-relations decision support, policy review and clearer ownership of people records. Begin with urgent decisions, then identify the repeat issues that deserve a system. Each output needs an internal owner. Your team continues to run the business while Verk Vibe supplies the senior HR layer and follow-through agreed in the proposal.
A Washington partner with a defined remote scope
Work with Jon Orozco, Verk Vibe’s founder and fractional CHRO, through remote working sessions and agreed documentation. Meet the founder and explore the Operating Library below to see the approach behind the work. Remote support suits defined advisory and operating needs; discuss any onsite requirement before committing.
Before we start
- Can you support our Bellevue or Tacoma team too?
- Yes, those locations can be included in the same fractional engagement. Bring a list of employee work locations and reporting relationships so the scope reflects the whole team, including employees outside Washington.
- We already have an HR generalist. What would you add?
- Senior decision support, a second opinion on employee relations and a leadership rhythm can complement internal HR. Define who owns manager support, employee communication and records so your generalist has support and clear authority.
- How do we prepare for intake?
- Bring employee count, work locations, current HR capacity and the next three decisions leadership needs to make. Include the deadline and who owns each decision. Avoid sending sensitive employee files in the contact form; agree a secure transfer process after scope is set.
- Is this ongoing support or a single project?
- Either may fit. A recurring engagement can support leadership decisions and operating routines; a defined project can address a specific gap. Fees, cadence, availability and deliverables are confirmed in the proposal. Separate independent investigation work is assessed for scope and conflicts.
Meet Jon Orozco, Verk Vibe’s founder and fractional CHRO, or explore the Operating Library for practical examples of the documentation and manager systems behind the work.
A local starting point
For Seattle-specific employer resources, start with the city’s Office of Labor Standards. Use current official resources when discussing your employee footprint and policy review scope.
Seattle Office of Labor StandardsStart the conversation
Bring your Seattle team’s next decision into focus.
Share your employee footprint, current HR support and the decision deadline. Agree scope, deliverables and fees before work begins.