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A reminder for those hiring "remote but only within your country" that there is a large list of Service Providers called PEOs (Professional Employment Organizat

A reminder for those hiring "remote but only within your country" that there is a large list of Service Providers called PEOs (Professional Employment Organizations) that will setup all the legal, HR, hiring, benefits and employment process for you locally in most countries around the world. Some of the ones that I know: * via.work ( https://via.work/ ) * Globalization Partners ( https://www.globalization-partners.com/ ) * Omnipresent ( https://www.omnipresent.com/ ) * Velocity global ( https://velocityglobal.com/ ) * Deel ( https://www.letsdeel.com/ ) * https://remote.com * https://www.oysterhr.com * https://gusto.com * https://papayaglobal.com * https://pilot.com This has been a solved problem for some time, and even allows employers to provide Stock Options to their international employees, if desired. So, payroll should not be a limitation in hiring people remotely internationally. Culture and communication may still be for your company though. I am sure that most of us who write here do not have the power to make these decisions, but making your manager aware of this may give your team an advantage. Edit: (added other PEOs mentioned in replies). Thank you!

jedberg 5y ago
I think https://remote.com https://remote.com does this too. Thanks for calling this out!
- jerrygoyal 5y ago
  yes, and most of them can also help your employees relocate to a country where you don't have an entity via EOR (Employer of Record): few more suggestions: https://www.oysterhr.com https://www.oysterhr.com https://gusto.com https://gusto.com https://papayaglobal.com https://papayaglobal.com https://pilot.com https://pilot.com
  - xtracto 5y ago
    I didnt know that gusto actually did that. Funny because at some point one of their heads of Engineering was hiring but told me they did not hire outside the US . Go figure.
- xtracto 5y ago
  I've benefited greatly from this. Both as an employee being hired globally, and as a head of Engineering hiring people around the globe. There is a huge amount of outstanding talent, particularly in Latin America that US companies can tap, with the TimeZone advantage.
guessmyname 5y ago
Be careful with this type of employment arrangements, though. A relatively big US company (over 6,000 employees) used a PEO (Professional Employment Organization) years ago to hire me as a Senior Software Engineer. I worked there for 4.5 years, moving up the engineering ladder, as we normally do. Later, I interviewed at Apple, they extended an offer, which I accepted after a bit of negotiation. They started a background check and, unfortunately, I failed it because they found discrepancies between my résumé, the things I said during the interviews, and the employment contracts I submitted to HireRight (the company running the background check). During the interviews, I talked about all the things I did at Company (A) when in reality all legal documents and paystubs said that I was (supposedly) working for Company (B), which may be true depending on how you look at it. Obviously, I explained that Company (B) was simply an intermediary, and that all work I did was for Company (A). All references I provided from Company (A) come out clean, but Apple’s HR had already made up their minds about the background check, and that is how I lost a good job opportunity. Ever since, I have been very careful about how I communicate that part of my work experience.

jedberg 5y ago

I think https://remote.com https://remote.com does this too. Thanks for calling this out!

jerrygoyal 5y ago
yes, and most of them can also help your employees relocate to a country where you don't have an entity via EOR (Employer of Record): few more suggestions: https://www.oysterhr.com https://www.oysterhr.com https://gusto.com https://gusto.com https://papayaglobal.com https://papayaglobal.com https://pilot.com https://pilot.com
- xtracto 5y ago
  I didnt know that gusto actually did that. Funny because at some point one of their heads of Engineering was hiring but told me they did not hire outside the US . Go figure.
xtracto 5y ago
I've benefited greatly from this. Both as an employee being hired globally, and as a head of Engineering hiring people around the globe. There is a huge amount of outstanding talent, particularly in Latin America that US companies can tap, with the TimeZone advantage.

guessmyname 5y ago

Be careful with this type of employment arrangements, though. A relatively big US company (over 6,000 employees) used a PEO (Professional Employment Organization) years ago to hire me as a Senior Software Engineer. I worked there for 4.5 years, moving up the engineering ladder, as we normally do. Later, I interviewed at Apple, they extended an offer, which I accepted after a bit of negotiation. They started a background check and, unfortunately, I failed it because they found discrepancies between my résumé, the things I said during the interviews, and the employment contracts I submitted to HireRight (the company running the background check). During the interviews, I talked about all the things I did at Company (A) when in reality all legal documents and paystubs said that I was (supposedly) working for Company (B), which may be true depending on how you look at it. Obviously, I explained that Company (B) was simply an intermediary, and that all work I did was for Company (A). All references I provided from Company (A) come out clean, but Apple’s HR had already made up their minds about the background check, and that is how I lost a good job opportunity. Ever since, I have been very careful about how I communicate that part of my work experience.