Chat-Native ATS for Remote Startups Under 50
A minimal applicant tracking setup for remote startups — five fields, chat bots, and no enterprise ATS bloat.
If you are under 50 people and remote first, you probably outgrew Gmail + Sheets but do not need Workday. You need a chat native ATS : application state that follows candidates on web and messaging apps. Minimum viable tracking (5 fields) | Field | Why | | | | | Application ID | Same candidate + job across channels | | Stage | new → review → interview → offer → hired | | Source | web, Telegram, Discord, Slack | | Last activity | Accountability without micromanagement | | Thread link | Jump back into the conversation | What to ignore (for now) Complex scorecards with 40 competencies Multi brand career sites On prem SSO projects that take a quarter Add those when volume forces you. Where WeRemoteIT fits WeRemoteIT ships job posts + pipeline + bots together. Start on or read the .