The decision to hire a new employee is often made on emotional instinct — “we need more people” — rather than on concrete numbers. Without a clear workload picture, this decision is often made too late, once the team has already been working overtime for a long stretch and deadlines keep slipping.
What’s worth checking before you hire
- Whether average workload over the past few months consistently exceeds real capacity
- Whether one specific area (design, development, etc.) systematically holds up other stages
- Whether the flow of new projects suggests the trend will continue, rather than this just being a temporary peak
The difference between these three questions and a general feeling of “we’re overwhelmed” is that they can be answered with concrete numbers — which means the hiring decision (or the decision not to hire) can be explained, not just felt.
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