Team augmentation vs. hiring in-house | IT Depends

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Your product scales up quickly and you need experienced

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experts to keep up with this dynamic growth.

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Should you hire them in house or decide on a team

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augmentation approach?

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Well, it depends.

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Let's start with team augmentation to find the answer.

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It's a cooperation model in which people from another

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remote company complement your own in house team.

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What are the pros and cons of this solution?

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First of all, this approach gives you the flexibility that

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is hard to achieve when hiring an in house team.

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You have the opportunity to scale up or scale down your

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team depending on your needs.

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It's extremely beneficial for seasonal businesses,

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for example, from travel, education or agricultural

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industries, but also for businesses that grow quickly

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where the need for hiring professionals is burning.

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Secondly, with team augmentation, you get

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high quality expertise.

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Many companies struggle with the lack of skilled professionals.

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Team augmentation helps to solve that problem and reach

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talents outside of your local pool.

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What's more, an experienced vendor should also provide you with a

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guarantee of proven processes and standards,

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as well as efficient execution.

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On the other hand,

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this process requires some additional work on your side.

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You need to take care of the proper onboarding and

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introductory training.

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Yes, it's important even when working with a remote partner.

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It's proven that a proper introduction to your company's

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environment and processes pays back with better team

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integration and higher productivity.

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Now let's move on to the advantages and drawbacks of the

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second approach: hiring in house professionals.

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There are no doubts that recruiting in house

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professionals gives you a psychological When these

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experts come from your company,

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it's easy to work towards a common goal.

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Your whole team is focused only on your product success and you

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can be sure that they are not involved in other projects.

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Secondly, having in house experts,

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it's easier to ensure seamless communication within the team.

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The pandemic caused lots of IT professionals to switch to remote work,

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so you'll probably need to be able to manage the work of a

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remote team anyway.

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Nevertheless, you won't need to deal with time zone,

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language or cultural differences that could hinder communication.

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On the other hand, hiring an in house team is

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expensive and time consuming.

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A typical recruitment process takes up to forty two days and

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is often backed by a recruitment agency,

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which means additional costs.

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You also need to take into account the costs of non wage

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benefits and events that will help keep your team

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engaged and integrate your employees.

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To sum up, you should decide on team augmentation if you're scaling

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up and your need for experts is burning,

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so you don't want to waste your time and money on hiring.

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It's also a perfect solution when you struggle with finding

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skilled professionals in your local pool.

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Hiring an in house team would be a good option when you

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prefer to have full control over the workflow and can

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afford the expensive process of hiring experts.

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