Staff augmentation vs hiring vs outsourcingFair question.
Here is the honest table.

Sometimes you should hire. Sometimes a freelancer is right. This page says when, including when it is not us.

Four ways to get the work done.

The last column is us; the other three are fair

	Hire in-house	Big outsourcer	Freelancers	Hopsig
First commit	After the recruiting cycle	After the statement of work and the bench	Days, if you find the right one	10 working days
Who you get	Whoever applied	Whoever was free	One person, as good as their last job	Named engineers you interview first, led by a senior
Who manages them	You	An account manager	You	We manage the person; you direct the work
Leaving	Notice period, severance, a gap	Contract term, often a year	Whenever, both ways	30 days, either side
IP and code	Yours	Check the MSA	Check the contract	Yours on payment, in your repo from day one
Cost shape	Salary, taxes, equipment, recruiter fee, ramp-up	Blended rate, minimum team size	Day rate; no cover when they are ill	Day rate; cover and holidays handled; no recruiter fee
Right choice when	The work is permanent and core	You need forty people and a programme office	A fortnight of specialist work	Three to twelve months of capacity, senior-led and measured

The questions behind the question.

When the work is permanent and core to the product, and you can wait for the right person. We will say so on the call; we would rather lose the engagement than have you rent what you should own.

When you need forty people, a programme office and someone to blame. We are not that, and we do not pretend to be.

A fortnight of specialist work with a clear end. For three months or more, the cover, the review and the handover start to matter, and that is where we come in.

Yes. After six months there is no fee; before that, one month of the day rate. We would rather you had the person than a clause.

Why not just hire · the call

If the table says hire, we will say so too.

Bring the problem, not a brief. If it is outside what we do well, we will say which of our contacts to call instead.

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Staff augmentation vs hiring vs outsourcingFair question.Here is the honest table.

Four ways to get the work done.

The questions behind the question.

When should we hire instead?+

When is a big outsourcer right?+

When is a freelancer right?+

Can we convert an engineer to a hire later?+

If the table says hire, we will say so too.

The questions behind the question.

When should we hire instead?+

When is a big outsourcer right?+

When is a freelancer right?+

Can we convert an engineer to a hire later?+

If the table says hire, we will say so too.

Staff augmentation vs hiring vs outsourcingFair question.
Here is the honest table.