Is IT Staff Augmentation Company Better Than Hiring Direct

markwillson

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Weighing this decision for way too long now and could use some real input.​


We need to scale our dev team fast for a project with a tight deadline, and going through a full hiring process directly feels too slow right now. Looking into an IT staff augmentation company instead but part of me wonders if we're just adding a middleman and extra cost for something we could do ourselves with more patience.

Never gone this route before so truly assured if the tradeoff is actually worth it for a team of our size.

Things I'm still weighing:

  • Whether augmented staff actually integrate well with an existing team or if that transition is usually rocky
  • How much time this truly saves compared to just pushed through direct hiring slower
If you've gone this route before, was it worth skipping the direct hire process?
 
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