Possibly, yes.
You’re likely wasting money on IT consultants if they’re doing operational work instead of solving unique problems. Instead of leveraging their expertise to address complex challenges, you’re using them to fill gaps your internal team should be covering.
Worse, you bring them back again and again—not to upskill your staff—but to fix the same problems. They become a crutch. Your team doesn’t grow. The consultants don’t transfer knowledge. There’s no meaningful handover.
There are countless ways to burn money on consultants. But one clear way to get value is this:
- Give them well-defined, unique problems to solve.
- Require them to train your team and hand over the skills.
Consultants should consult—not replace your staff.
