Renewal of a bodyshopping contract

Bodyshopping is one of the services our company offers. The question what bodyshopping actually is answered our employee Petr Dvorak. Recently, he has been rent to CCA company.

“Every software project comes through a variable stages of development. Specification of requirements, project processing, programming, testing and so on. Such phases differ also in size of the team. At the beginning the working teams are usually smaller and are constantly changing during the project. Obviously, it is most profitable for the company to have an exact number of employees.

It is very hard to find quickly qualified people without losing months needed for trainings in this branch. One of the possible solutions is bodyshopping. It is a kind of cooperation when the specialist works at the clients place and becomes a part of his team.

There are many implicit advantages at this kind of cooperation. The company that rents the developer can gain an independent source of income and reduce the fixed costs. For the other company such person can mean a different point of view on problems and can also help with his unique experience. Rented specialist is not becoming the other side’s employee. Therefore, the company is not taking the risk of people getting ill or dismissing its own employees.

What bodyshopping means from the employee’s point of view? Basically, it means different working environment, operating principles, company culture, different technologies and processes. Therefore, it can be compared to changing the employers. The main difference is in higher expectations and requirements from the company from the very beginning. The rented developer has to approve his knowledge and skills. Moreover, if there is some work transition happening at the first company people can get very busy. Fortunately, when the developer gains more experience with the new project such situation is over soon.

Having such experience is undoubtedly a great advantage. It is also more than interesting to compare how software is done somewhere else. Moreover, it is a great chance to gain new knowledge and meet new people.”

Fact that we have agreed with the CCA company to renew the contract evidences the satisfaction on both sides and advantages that body-shopping brings.