Your product roadmap just got ambitious. Leadership wants three major features shipped this quarter, and you need more engineers to make it happen.
You spent 6 weeks finding them, 3 weeks onboarding them, and 8 weeks getting them productive. Now they're leaving after 4 months, and you're back to square one.
The average technical hire takes 45 days and costs $10,000 in recruiting and interview time, according to Glassdoor. But 4 out of 10 technical hires don't work out within the first 18 months (SHRM).
Staff augmentation is a workforce model where organizations add external specialists to internal teams to expand capacity, fill talent gaps, or accelerate strategic initiatives.
If you are a CTO or CIO in 2025, you feel the pressure. Product roadmaps are heavier. AI adoption is accelerating. Talent is harder to hire. Market cycles move faster than ever.