Did you know that many businesses like yours have found it’s less expensive for them to hire a Maryland IT services provider than it is to hire someone in-house? While every business is different, there are five expenses that come with hiring an in-house employee or team that can add up quickly and make it cheaper to hire a managed IT services provider instead.
Hiring
When you hire an in-house employee, you need to post a job online, spend valuable employee time conducting interviews, and then more time negotiating an offer with the right candidate. After that, you have to cover the costs of onboarding and retention. When you partner with an IT services provider, you don’t have to worry about any of those things.
Extras
In addition to hiring, onboarding, and retention, you are also going to have to pay for all those little extras that your in-house IT consultant will expect as a part of their compensation package. This includes benefits, training, vacation time, and bonuses. These hidden costs of hiring should be considered when you are evaluating the cost of an in-house hire versus an IT services company.
Infrastructure
Ensuring that the security of your company and customer data is top-notch often requires an investment into expensive infrastructure. With the rapidly evolving needs of technology, that infrastructure will also need to be frequently updated and even replaced.
A Maryland IT services provider can help offset some or all of these costs, reducing the chances that an unexpected replacement or update wreaks havoc with your budget.
Outages
If you have a small in-house team they’re going to be limited by time and knowledge simply because one or two people can only do and know so much. If there is an issue that they don’t have a solution for, it could cause your business to be down for a longer period of time. When you work with an IT services provider, outages will be decreased because you have a team of experts working on your problem as opposed to one or two people.
Outside consulting
When an issue arises that your in-house team simply doesn’t know how to address, you will need to bring in an often expensive outside consultant. When you work with a Maryland IT services provider, you do not have to worry about outside consulting, because they have a team of experts already on hand. Most of the time, fixing the issue should be part of your agreement, which means you don’t have to worry about any additional expenses.
Sometimes, these expenses end up being less costly than hiring an IT services provider, depending on the needs of your company. But most of the time, businesses find that it is more cost-effective and easier to hire a team of professionals as a service than building an in-house team from scratch.
FullScope IT has been providing Maryland IT services to businesses like yours for over 21 years. Schedule a free consultation today to learn more about how we can reduce your IT headaches!
