Employ your own or hire in? Both have pros and cons. The right choice depends on your situation.
If you need ongoing security, sooner or later the question arises: do we employ someone ourselves, or hire in? There's no universally right answer — but there are clear trade-offs.
The strength of hiring in
A security partner handles recruitment, training, scheduling, sickness cover, and certification. You scale up and down easily, and benefit from trained teams and specialist knowledge without having to build it yourself.
When in-house makes sense
For very organisation-specific knowledge or a continuous, unchanging need, an in-house employee can fit. Just account for the hidden costs: training, scheduling, cover, and admin.
Often a mix is the answer
In practice many organisations choose a combination: a fixed core supplemented by flexible deployment during peaks. That gives you both continuity and flexibility.
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