Build diverse global teams compliantly with Oyster
Global employment shouldn’t be slow or risky. When you partner with Oyster, you access compliant, automated, end-to-end software for global employment, payroll, benefits, and team management.


How Oyster helps you scale globally
Unlike a traditional employer of record, Oyster deploys deep employment insights and a team of legal and HR experts to ensure compliance in 180+ countries. And unlike other employment platforms, Oyster builds a strategic partnership to help you win and retain top global talent.
- Hire and pay compliantly in 180+ countries
- Generate 100% legal-reviewed compliant agreements
- Onboard new talent in as fast as 48 hours
- Pay global team members with >99% accuracy
- Offer competitive salary, equity, and benefits
- Receive expert support with >90% satisfaction rate
Eliminate barriers to global hiring
Overcome talent shortages, compliantly hire skilled talent wherever they’re located, and scale your team globally in days. With pre-populated statutory terms and 100% legal-reviewed agreements, you’re sure to stay compliant at each stage of the hiring process.


Streamline your global payments
Use one payroll product for all international payments, bonuses, expenses, and invoices. Pay Team Members on time in 140+ currencies and avoid manual work by syncing data with your ERP system.
Offer competitive total rewards
Don’t stay in the dark about global compensation. Access rich, location-specific insights on salary, equity, and benefits. Build and launch your own total rewards strategy to stay compliant and competitive.


Manage the talent lifecycle from a single platform
Forget manual HR tasks, endless paperwork, and data errors. Oyster consolidates all your global talent management needs so you can manage time-off requests, contract changes, allowances, offboarding, and more—all in one place.

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How to get started
Whether you’re kickstarting your global employment journey—or need help turning it around—we’re here to make the transition easy.

Trusted by teams and partners


















We help teams grow faster across borders
David Dawoud
Head of People at Demodesk
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Oyster has it down in terms of its simplicity, but it’s genius at the same time. It’s simple enough that you don’t need to feel the burden of maintaining numerous systems. That’s the beauty of it."
Ally Fekaiki
CEO and founder of Juno
"
Prior to using Oyster, employing anyone outside the U.K. was a nightmare for us... now it's super fast and painless."
Tyler Parson
VP of People at Chili Piper

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The biggest impact that Oyster has had on our team is certainly efficiency and speed. We’re able to onboard employees a lot faster and with a lot less anxiety about whether we’re doing it right. With Oyster, we trust that we did do it right."

What does global employment mean?
Global employment, or international employment, is the ability to employ, pay, and manage talent based in other countries. For example, if your business primarily operates in Canada, a global employment platform would enable your teams to hire and pay contractors and full-time Team Members located in other parts of the world.
What is an EOR?
An employer of record (EOR) is an entity that legally employs workers on behalf of another business. An EOR takes full responsibility for all aspects of employment, including compliance, payroll, taxes, and benefits.
How is globalization affecting domestic employment?
Globalization has varying impacts on domestic employment depending on the specific state, country, and industry. Removing the barriers to hiring and expanding global employment opportunities, however, can have positive impacts on global communities and talent from emerging economies.
Do employees need a visa to be employed in another country?
Depending on the country, employees often need a visa or other type of authorization to work in another country. Ensuring that someone is legally authorized to work in the country is a part of Oyster’s standard checks and procedures conducted during the hiring and onboarding process.

Free global employment resources? Shuck yeah!
Don’t go without checking out these tools, resources, and guides. (Or, at least bookmark ’em for later.)