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Hire in-house when the volume of work genuinely justifies a full-time salary and you can manage that person well.
Until then the maths is unforgiving: a generalist costs $6,500 or more a month once you count tooling and your own management time, ramps for three to six months, and still only covers two channels properly. We are built to be replaced by that hire, not to prevent it.
| UpcurveLabs | hiring in-house | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | From $2,500 | $6,500+ fully loaded |
| Ramp before productive | 7 days | 3–6 months |
| Your management time | Near zero | 8+ hours a week |
| Channels covered well | Whole operation | About two |
| Built as | Systems that run | Depends on the hire |
| If they leave | Systems and docs remain | Knowledge walks out |
| Recruitment cost | None | Weeks, plus fees |
| Commitment | Month to month | Employment contract |
This is the right end state for most businesses, and we would rather you got there than kept paying us indefinitely.
Mostly this is a question of timing. Before the volume justifies a salary, an operator covers more ground for less risk.