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There are employers of record that will hire employees on a company’s behalf through a local entity when the company doesn’t have their own. I’m currently emplo

There are employers of record that will hire employees on a company’s behalf through a local entity when the company doesn’t have their own. I’m currently employed through Deel, for example.

toomuchtodo 4y ago
I’m on the other side of Deel as an employer. How do you like working with them as an employee? I want to make sure the experience is great for those I’m paying.
- a-priori 4y ago
  I’m only one week of work in. It’s fine so far: I got paid on time, benefits are okay. The biggest problem for me were in the on-boarding around ID. I provided a driver’s licence plus SIN, which is sufficient proof of identity and eligibility to work in Canada. A regular employer would only need the SIN, and I understand a company like Deel would also need to verify identity since they hadn’t actually met me. But, no, apparently they require proof of citizenship (for citizens anyway), which no regular employer needs. For that you need to provide a “passport or national ID”… but Canada has no national ID system, only passports, and my passport is expired (because COVID). They had to make an exception for me to accept an expired passport. It worked out okay in the end but it was frustrating and confusing for about two weeks, during which I had paused my job search and I was worried I’d have to walk away from a good offer if they couldn’t sort it out. So in the end I think it’ll be okay, but I’d talk to your own employees, especially new ones, and make sure they don’t get caught up in some bureaucratic snag.
- DoingIsLearning 4y ago
  I will hijack the question with another question. I have seen a lot of discussion about Deel and Remote.com but I am not clear how this is initiated. Did you just advertise the position worldwide and then let Deel sort the details out with candidates abroad? Or did your employee propose to use Deel at some point in the hiring process and you agreed to it?
  - toomuchtodo 4y ago
    I use Deel to streamline logistics with folks I have an existing relationship with, and was previously using wires or TransferWise to provide payouts. Have not advertised remote roles using the platform yet.
- ThePowerOfFuet 4y ago
  It's wonderful to see this. I hope your employees appreciate you!

There are employers of record that will hire employees on a company’s behalf through a local entity when the company doesn’t have their own. I’m currently employed through Deel, for example.

toomuchtodo 4y ago

I’m on the other side of Deel as an employer. How do you like working with them as an employee? I want to make sure the experience is great for those I’m paying.

a-priori 4y ago
I’m only one week of work in. It’s fine so far: I got paid on time, benefits are okay. The biggest problem for me were in the on-boarding around ID. I provided a driver’s licence plus SIN, which is sufficient proof of identity and eligibility to work in Canada. A regular employer would only need the SIN, and I understand a company like Deel would also need to verify identity since they hadn’t actually met me. But, no, apparently they require proof of citizenship (for citizens anyway), which no regular employer needs. For that you need to provide a “passport or national ID”… but Canada has no national ID system, only passports, and my passport is expired (because COVID). They had to make an exception for me to accept an expired passport. It worked out okay in the end but it was frustrating and confusing for about two weeks, during which I had paused my job search and I was worried I’d have to walk away from a good offer if they couldn’t sort it out. So in the end I think it’ll be okay, but I’d talk to your own employees, especially new ones, and make sure they don’t get caught up in some bureaucratic snag.
DoingIsLearning 4y ago
I will hijack the question with another question. I have seen a lot of discussion about Deel and Remote.com but I am not clear how this is initiated. Did you just advertise the position worldwide and then let Deel sort the details out with candidates abroad? Or did your employee propose to use Deel at some point in the hiring process and you agreed to it?
- toomuchtodo 4y ago
  I use Deel to streamline logistics with folks I have an existing relationship with, and was previously using wires or TransferWise to provide payouts. Have not advertised remote roles using the platform yet.
ThePowerOfFuet 4y ago
It's wonderful to see this. I hope your employees appreciate you!