A startup in Austin needs a senior backend engineer. Locally, there are maybe three candidates, and all of them already have counteroffers. So they open the search globally: Lisbon, São Paulo, Bangalore. Three weeks later, they’ve hired
Monday morning, three call-outs, schedule already thin. Payroll just flagged seventeen hours of surprise overtime. And a client’s waiting because the wrong person got assigned to their account. Nobody panicked. Nobody messed up on purpose. The system
Three senior developers needed by Monday. Last time? Eleven weeks to hire. Deadline missed. That story isn’t rare; it’s a normal week for most tech companies right now. That’s why more businesses in 2026 are stepping back
You posted a senior developer role on Monday. By Friday, the best candidates have already accepted offers elsewhere. Filling a tech role in the U.S. takes an average of 56 days, while top candidates exit the market
