In today’s economic environment, companies are under great pressure to cut back on costs. Often, salary represents one of the biggest overheads a company faces. Sometimes there is a pressure to make staff redundant, and/or halt new recruitment. However, this is sometimes counter balanced by a need to outsource job requirements.

Here are three reasons not to outsource:

1. Expense
It’s expensive in the long term, companies offering outsourced facilities aren’t cheap, especially not the good ones. It may save you money in the short term, but that money is better spent on the personal development training and skills training of your existing staff.

2. Company Moral
If you’ve had to make redundancies, and then ship in a barrel of temporary workers, think of the psychological effects this will have on your existing workforce. People might feel disgruntled that their ex-colleagues have been replaced by more inexperienced staff.

3. They’re not you
Outsourcing companies haven’t got the time to spend getting to know your company, its ethics, its culture or its style of communication. They are ultimately representing your company, and you might be stating your reputation on the skills of people you hardly even now. Think of the damage of outsourcing call centre work overseas has done for some companies.