# Sub-contracting under other Coops
**URL:** https://community.coops.tech/t/sub-contracting-under-other-coops/110
**Category:** General
**Tags:** coops
**Created:** [9 June 2017 00:26 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/sub-contracting-under-other-coops/110 "2017-06-09T00:26:09Z")
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### Author:  [@mixmix](https://community.coops.tech/u/mixmix)
#### Post date: [9 June 2017 00:26 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/sub-contracting-under-other-coops/110/1 "2017-06-09T00:26:09Z")
# Context
A major benefit to being part of a community of coops is that it smooths out contracting - surplus of work can be re-distrubuted to excellent humans.
This is great for small coops who have not enough work or too much work.
It’s also great for clients contacting the coops in the collective - they get guaranteed service and don’t need to be concerned with availability.
Sharing work raises a bunch of questions. I see two broad cases:
**(A)** the whole lead is passed to another coop (see [bun protocol](http://dna.crisp.se/docs/bun-protocol.html))
**(B)** a coop _sub-contracts_ people from another coop
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## Invitation
This thread is about (B) sub-contracting
**I’d love to hear about :**
- people’s experiences sub-contracting
- the values that are relevant for you here
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### Author:  [@mixmix](https://community.coops.tech/u/mixmix)
#### Post date: [9 June 2017 00:46 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/sub-contracting-under-other-coops/110/2 "2017-06-09T00:46:25Z")
From my own experience, I’ve done a lot of work as a solo +1 on other people’s contracts. It’s a great way to work.
Doing the same but being part of a coop has added complications. Here’ are [some notes from a retro](https://gist.github.com/mixmix/cf3741d7262f2e82644c498fc2a447bc) on sub-contracting with our neighbouring coop, Root Systems.
We had a great time. A couple of choice pains + learnings :
- onboarding into the host coop’s `(values | preferred systems | processes)` is key
- discussing 💰 clearly and early saves a lot
- know who to escelate out of scope problems to in the host coop 👍
The values on the top of my mind are:
- Clarity about money dealings is non-negotiable
- I prefer rhythms + patterns over repeated negotiation
- I want all coops to build their buffers (resiliency)