Capacity
Unused consultant capacity
Unused consultant capacity is expensive: you pay for it either way. Hours lets verified companies circulate that capacity as time credit instead of writing it off or renting people out for cash.
Idle hours are a portfolio problem
One team is quiet while another is overloaded. Across a network of firms, those gaps rarely line up inside a single company — but they do line up across companies. A shared ledger is how you move spare hours to where they are needed without a staffing middleman.
What you publish
- Competence and seniority band, not named individuals on a public board.
- Availability window and minimum block size.
- Remote / on-site preferences and confidentiality constraints.
No rate cards. No CVs on a marketplace. The unit is an hour of work credited 1:1 after the receiving company approves the logged time.
What you get back
Hours credit you can spend on specialists from other verified members — design, marketing, engineering, sales support, accounting help, and more — when your own bench cannot cover the need.
FAQ
What happens to unused consultant capacity today?
Most firms absorb it as idle payroll, push low-value internal work, or try to sell people through staffing and bench marketplaces. Those options either waste skill or broadcast that you have people spare.
How does Hours put unused capacity to work?
You list anonymized available hours. When another verified company needs that competence, you fulfill an exchange order and earn Hours credit. Later you spend that credit on specialists from other members — without cash changing hands between companies.
Is unused capacity listed with names and rates?
No. Offers show category-level labels and terms, not employee names, CVs, or hourly rates. Identity is revealed only when both sides accept a match.