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AUTOMATED  GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT PLATFORM
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AUTOMATED GLOBAL
Jamaica
Sri Lanka
Slovakia
Saudi Arabia
Qatar
Nepal
Morocco
Madagascar
Jordan
Guatemala
Dominican Republic
Cameroon
Belize
Bahamas
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Iceland
Thailand
United Arab Emirates
South Africa
Vietnam
United States
Singapore
Sweden
New Zealand
Malaysia
Mexico
Kenya
Japan
EMPLOYMENT PLATFORM

Hire

Pay
Care for

Hire

talent in 180+ countries

Hire Pay Care for
Talent in
180+ countries

Hire compliantly without setting up a business entity and handle all employment functions from a single automated platform. It’s easy to go global with Oyster.

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Calculate employment costs instantly

DRAFT EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS AUTOMATICALLY

ACTIVATE GLOBAL PAYROLL AND BENEFITS

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What’s possible with Oyster? All of this:

Found a brilliant sales manager in  ? A dev in  ? A designer in  ? Use Oyster to handpick your all-star team and provide the same five-star experience to them all.

Hire international talent
Hire contractors
Convert contractors
Run global payroll
Provide benefits

Hire full-time international talent

Instead of setting up your own entities, experience the speed of Oyster’s automated global hiring. Create compliant employment agreements and set up payroll and benefits—in a matter of clicks.

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Hire international talent
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Hire global contractors

Generate, edit, and sign compliant contracts in minutes and access management tools to streamline paperwork, onboarding, and payments.

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Convert contractors to employees
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Convert contractors to employees

Assess global worker misclassification risks and compliantly convert contractors to full-timers, all under one platform.

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Convert contractors to employee
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Run payroll in 120+ currencies

Process salaries, expenses, and bonuses from one dashboard. Pay Team Members on time and in their preferred currency.

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Run global payroll
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Offer benefits to your global team

Access pre-created local and global benefits packages that ensure you remain compliant and competitive in local markets.

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Provide benefits
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Hire international talent

Hire full-time international talent

Instead of setting up your own entities, experience the speed of Oyster’s automated global hiring. Create compliant employment agreements and set up payroll and benefits—in a matter of clicks.

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Hire international talent
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Hire contractors

Hire global contractors

Generate, edit, and sign compliant contracts in minutes and access management tools to streamline paperwork, onboarding, and payments.

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Convert contractors

Convert contractors to employees

Assess global worker misclassification risks and compliantly convert contractors to full-timers, all under one platform.

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Run global payroll

Run payroll in 120+ currencies

Process salaries, expenses, and bonuses from one dashboard. Pay Team Members on time and in their preferred currency.

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Provide benefits

Offer benefits to your global team

Access pre-created local and global benefits packages that ensure you remain compliant and competitive in local markets.

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Built for people like you, loved by people like you

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HR and People Ops
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Talent acquisition
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Finance and legal
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Leadership
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Remote workers
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HR and People Ops

“

The biggest value has been the employee experience…. It brings a level of autonomy that our non-U.S. employees didn’t have before.”

124+

Team Members hired with Oyster

43

countries expanded into using Oyster

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Tyler Parson

VP of People, Chili Piper

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Talent Acquisition

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Oyster was a low-entrance, low-workload way to ensure that we can access the right talent pools regardless of where they are.”

34+

Team Members hired with Oyster

7

countries expanded into using Oyster

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Robbie McMillan

People Business Partner, Utility Warehouse

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Finance and Legal

“

The service is seamless, the communication is very good, and there’s definitely a lot of time and cost saved. The cost of using Oyster is less than what it would cost for us to deliver the same service using external consultants.”

5%

Team Members hired with Oyster

9

countries expanded into using Oyster

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Alex Nicolaus

Chief People Officer, Paysend

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Leadership

“

Without Oyster, I don't even think I would even consider hiring internationally. Oyster has made it so easy that it's become a viable part of our business strategies.”

30%

Team Members hired with Oyster

5

countries expanded into using Oyster

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Ally Fekaiki

CEO and Founder,
Juno

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Remote Workers

“

Can't recommend it enough for everyone looking to start their remote journey or working in a company that is planning to explore more flexibility in their way of working.”

Dominika P.

Consultant

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The Oyster edge

Go beyond the basics without a bigger price tag. See how Oyster’s software differs from the rest to bring you an elevated (yet refreshingly simple) global employment experience.

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See how Oyster works
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Global compliance & protection

Hire amazing international talent without worrying about compliance and liability. We've got it covered.

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Actionable insights

Receive country-specific insights to guide you through the global employment journey.

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Automated
workflows

Breeze through global hiring, payroll, and benefits using an intuitive design and a streamlined process.

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Employee-centric
solutions

Offer an employment experience that’s equitable and eliminates location-based differences.

You and your team deserve the world

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Compliant agreements in minutes

Trusted by 1,400+ customers

Loved by 4,500+ Team Members

Compliant employment solutions in 180+ countries

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Found amazing talent across the globe?

With Oyster, you’re clicks away from hiring them. Isn’t that worth exploring?

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  • step 1

    Sign up for a free Oyster account.

    Explore the platform and tools for free—including the Employment Cost Calculator.

  • step 2

    Experience faster, automated hiring.

    Submit a new hire in the platform. Pearl, your virtual hiring assistant, will guide you through the hiring form using country-specific insights and draft the agreement.

  • step 3

    Leave the rest to us.

    The Oyster team (yes, humans!) will review your drafted agreement, send it to you for approval, collect signatures, and handle employee onboarding.

    Compliant agreements in 180+ countries

    Benefits and payroll in 120+ currencies

    Time and expense tracking

    Relocation contracts

Distributed across 70+ countries

Meet the people who make up Oyster

About Us
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Free global employment resources? Shuck yeah!

Don’t go without checking out these tools, resources, and guides. (Or, at least bookmark ’em for later.)

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Global employment tools

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Global hiring guides

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Oyster Academy courses

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