What is a 'Frankenstack'?
Fran-ken-stack (noun)
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A mish-mash of different systems bolted together.
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A 'tech stack' of poorly integrated tools. No 2-way sync between systems.
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A monster that sucks away time & money ....and kills growth.
... a recruiter's worst nightmare.

THE SIGNS
5 tell-tale signs you have a 'Frankenstack'
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5 or more different tools
& tech vendors
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Your tools don't talk to each other
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You're spending big on 'integration' & 'customization'
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You don't know
the total cost
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You're afraid of
your back office team
TAKE THE QUIZ
This terrifying 'tech stack' monster manifests in 3 forms:
Form 1
MARKETPLACE OR PARTNER-DRIVEN
Recruitment vendors that have either acquired businesses and hacked together different products...or clue: they sell big on 3rd party apps in their marketplace.
Form 2
THE PLATFORM PLAY
Typical examples are applications like Force.com or Microsoft Dynamics. They rely heavily on partners to deliver services and the platform itself.
Form 3
BUILD YOUR OWN
A custom built mess of hardware and software. Typically stitched together over a number of years by a small team of developers to support changing business needs.
THE PROBLEMS
How the ‘Frankenstack’ kills growth
💀 Integration & customization nightmares.
💀 Misaligned contract end dates. Uh-oh, you’re trapped.
💀 Excel hell. No 2-way sync means spreadsheets, and more spreadsheets.
Disconnected systems means you have data lurking across multiple tools. This equals data entry, manual reporting, and spreadsheet wrangling needs to be done in order to get the ‘big picture’.
💀 Negotiation horrors.
💀 A eulogy to budgeting & ROI.
💀 Welcome to the ‘Vendor Blame Game’.
💀 Privacy issues creeping up on you.
💀 Training, support and upgrade woes.