Full-time placement vs contractors
- Attention. A contractor splits the week across clients. A full-time placement gives you all of it, every day, on your hours with US timezone overlap.
- Context. The compounding value of a hire comes from month six onward, when they know your customers, your tools, and your edge cases. Contractors rarely stay long enough to get there.
- Ownership. Employees own outcomes; contractors deliver tasks. The difference shows up in who catches the problem nobody assigned.
- Durability. Contracts end by design. Full-time roles end by exception, which is why Opus can hold a 97% one-year retention rate.
A full-time placement compounds; a contractor engagement expires.
What a full-time Opus placement includes
Every placement runs through the same machine. Candidates pass an 8-layer vetting process, with more than 500 candidates screened, and complete a 6-module internal AI certification before day one. Opus employs the hire directly and covers payroll, compliance, and benefits in one flat monthly rate. And every placement is backed by a lifetime replacement guarantee with no cap and no time limit, so the full-time commitment cuts both ways.
The numbers
- 14 days average placement, first call to onboarded
- 3 in 5 vetted candidates on your shortlist, in days
- 97% of placements still in the role after one year
- 325+ companies have hired through Opus