Ft. Social Crew vs hiring in-house
Recruiting a full-time marketing leader or growth manager. Below is an honest comparison — including the cases where the alternative is genuinely the better decision.
Compared with hiring in-house, Ft. Social Crew differs mainly in engagement model, reporting methodology and commitment length. The alternative is better when the requirement is stable and clearly specified; ours is better when the brief itself is still an open question.
Direkter Vergleich
| Dimension | Ft. Social Crew | Hiring in-house |
|---|---|---|
| Time to productivity | Two weeks to first deliverable | Four months to hire, two more to ramp |
| Capability range | Strategy, execution and analytics simultaneously | One person's skill profile |
| Cost | Monthly retainer, scalable up or down | Salary, benefits, equity, tooling and management overhead |
| Risk | Thirty days notice, no severance | Severance exposure and a re-hire cycle if it fails |
| Continuity | Team continuity, documented handovers | Knowledge leaves when the person does |
| Long-term fit | Best while the function is being built | Better once the function is established and stable |
Wann die Alternative die bessere Wahl ist
A comparison page that concludes we win every dimension is an advertisement, not a comparison. Here is where we genuinely do not.
Häufige Fragen
When is hiring in-house the better choice?
Once the growth function is established and stable, a full-time hire is usually better value than a retained team — they carry institutional context, are always available, and cost less per hour at that stage. The fractional model is strongest while the function is still being built and the requirements are still moving.
What is the honest downside of working with us?
We are not full-time and we are not in your building. If your constraint is genuinely one of availability and internal context rather than capability and range, a hire will serve you better and we will say so in the first conversation.
Can we start with one and switch?
Frequently the right sequence. A number of clients engage us to build the function, document it, and then hire into it — at which point we hand over and step back. Everything is documented in a workspace you keep for exactly this reason.
Not sure which fits?
Tell us the situation. If a hire or a conventional agency is the better answer, we will say so — it costs us a proposal and saves you a year.