WHY SUCCESSFUL COMPANIES LIKE GOOGLE OUTSOURCE: 5 USE CASES YOU CAN LEARN FROM
What do many of the world’s most successful businesses have in common? They outsource some of their work. As companies like Google, Slack, Microsoft, Alibaba, and GitHub have long known, outsourcing can deliver manifold benefits to businesses. These benefits include money saved, time saved, staffing flexibility, speed to innovation, increased control over internal resources, and increased access to top talent, among other compelling benefits. #1 GOOGLE: OUTSOURCING FOR EXPERTISE AND DEMAND Even Google’s top-notch team of 89,000+ in-house employees doesn’t have all the answers all of the time. And that’s one of the reasons the company uses contractors — a LOT of contractors. As Bloomberg reports, 2018 marked the first year Google’s contract workers outnumbered their direct employees. Google says they use temps, vendors, and contractors for two main reasons. First, it allows them to enga...