How can White Glove reduce a company hiring cost?

By connecting companies directly with skilled professionals and handling onboarding and contract management, the managed model can reduce recruiter markups and administrative overhead compared with traditional recruiting. The actual savings depend on the company and the engagement.

Where do the cost savings in managed contracts come from?

They come from removing layers of recruiter markup, reducing the time and administration of sourcing and managing contractors, and lowering the risk of mismatched hires through onboarding and support.

Is White Glove cheaper than traditional recruiting?

It is designed to be more cost-efficient by cutting markup and overhead, though the real difference varies by situation. The value is in combining cost efficiency with skilled talent and managed support.

How do I learn more or get started?

Automate America is a marketplace and automation service company where companies post contracts for free and North American professionals apply directly. You can post your needs or your profile to explore a managed engagement.

White Glove vs Traditional Recruiting

You have a production line down. You need a controls engineer who can program Allen-Bradley ControlLogix, commission a FANUC robotic welding cell, and start Monday. So you call a staffing agency.

Two weeks later, the agency sends someone who listed PLC on their resume but has never opened Studio 5000. You're still paying $110/hr for someone who can't do the job. The agency doesn't care — they filled the position, and their 35% markup is non-negotiable.

This is the default experience with traditional staffing in manufacturing. And it's the reason Automate America built White Glove as an alternative.

The Hidden Costs of Traditional Staffing Agencies

Traditional agencies charge 25-40% markups on top of contractor pay. Additional fees: placement ($2,000-$5,000), cancellation ($2,000-$5,000), conversion-to-hire (15-25% of annual salary). For a $75/hr contractor, that's $18.75-$30/hr going to overhead — $37,500-$60,000 per contractor per year.

The quality problem: agencies prioritize placement volume over fit. Speed: 14-28 days average time-to-fill.

What White Glove Actually Means

Anonymous posting — company identity hidden until hire.
Candidate screening — 6,300+ published profiles with OEM certifications, ratings, endorsements.
Compliance management — drug screening, background checks, safety certs.
Timesheets and billing — one invoice, and Automate America pays the professional on the contract's net terms (never as its employee).
Contract management — rate adjustments, OT tracking, flexible net terms (Net 15/30/45/60/90).

What the Professionals Earn

From active White Glove contracts:

E&I Technician: Pay $52/hr. PLC Programmer: Pay $72/hr. Controls Engineer: Pay $76/hr. Senior Integrator: Pay $85/hr. Robotics Specialist: Pay $108/hr.

On White Glove, the company pays the rate it entered for the contract, with no fee added.

Speed-to-Fill

Traditional: 14-28 days. White Glove: 3-7 days. 6,300+ published professionals with availability calendars.

Manufacturing downtime cost: $50,000-$500,000/day. Every day faster saves real money.

Quality of Match

Skill-based profiles (not resume keyword matching). Star ratings from previous contracts. OEM certification tracking. Geographic proximity matching. Real-time availability calendars.