If you’ve been unsure about the feasibility of hiring or contracting with remote teams, keep reading! We believe this is an option that can benefit almost any business.
Nearly every business must now compete in a global economy. Every decision you make must be strategically sound. This includes your choices in building your Workforce. One way to ensure that you remain competitive is to take advantage of the benefits you can gain from working with remote teams.
What is a remote team?
A remote team is a group of workers hired for a singular purpose. This team might consist entirely of your employees. They can be independent contractors. They might even be staff through a consulting firm or software development company. A remote team can also be any combination of these. The common thread is that members of a remote team can be located anywhere around the world.
Now, here are five benefits of working with remote teams.
Hire workers from a larger talent pool
When you hire employees to work in your offices, you're recruiting reach is limited. You can only reach out to workers who live within commuting distance, or who are willing to move there. On the other hand, if you're willing to hire remote workers you can recruit anywhere in the world.
This is beneficial in any case. It's especially helpful when you need to hire teams or individuals who work with very specialized or Legacy Technologies.
Scale your teams according to your needs
Imagine being able to increase and decrease the number of people on your team according to your current needs. During times that you had little to no active projects, you can simply maintain a small team to handle support and other functions. Then, as projects are initiated, you could create larger teams to meet those needs.
This would be exceptionally hard to do with an in-house team. Imagine the cost of onboarding new employees every time you need to scale your teams up. Of course, reducing staff has obviously negative impacts as well.
By working with remote teams on a project basis, you simply identify your staffing needs at any given time. Then, you work with a firm like Brainberry to build a team that fits your needs.
Lower costs of employment
If you hire a full-time employee, you have to consider what it costs to employ them beyond their salary. Depending on where you are located, you may need to purchase liability or workmen’s comp. Insurance. There’s also unemployment insurance, paid time off, payroll taxes, retirement benefits, and more. All of those expenses can add up.
When you build your remote teams using freelancers or agencies, you don’t take on these expenses. Instead, those become the responsibility of the freelancer or the agency.
Less overhead
How do you compete with companies that are able to provide employees spacious work areas, coffee bars, ergonomically designed desks, and other perks? You don’t! Why pay for these things, when you can offer another benefit? Members of your remote teams are able to work from any location they choose. They aren’t subject to commutes, dress codes, or office politics. They’re also empowered to choose technology that works for them.
In turn, you don’t have to pay for the infrastructure, technology, or rent required to provide a fully-kitted in-office experience. Instead, you can use those funds to provide better compensation and to reinvest in your business.
Save on Visa costs
If you find a global candidate to hire, the process of obtaining a work Visa for them, and relocating them to your region can be prohibitively expensive. Then, depending on your location, changes in hiring and immigration laws could lead to even more roadblocks.
You may find the effort and expense simply isn’t worth it. On the other hand, the process of contracting out with a remote team is much simpler, faster, and less expensive.
Opportunity to build a diverse team
When you work with remote development and support teams, you have greater opportunities to embrace diversity. First, you increase the likelihood of building a team with a diverse skill set. In addition to this, with a remote team, you will be able to build teams with members from a variety of backgrounds. Each team member will come with their own set of diverse experiences, cultural understanding, and insights. As a principal of a company that is competing on a global scale, this can only serve to benefit you.
Final Thoughts
When you work with remote teams, you give your business the gifts of flexibility, scalability, and diversity. You also expand the breadth of your hiring efforts from local prospects only to global. Finally, you may find that you are able to save a significant amount of money in employment costs and overhead.
Many companies find the idea of working with remote teams very appealing, but are intimidated at the thought of making the switch from traditional hiring. This is where we can help you. We have a diverse team of developers, analysts, designers and others on staff. In addition to this, we have access to field experts from around the world. Let us work with you to determine your needs, then build the ideal team to get your projects finished.