What is a good ratio of consultant to full time employees?

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Published on 2010-06-01T19:34:57Z Indexed on 2010/06/01 19:44 UTC
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We are looking at significantly increasing our development next year and we are wondering how many consultants we could support without alienating long term employees and remaining relatively efficient? Any thoughts?

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Andre

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