Hired Partner, Remote: Onboard, Pay, and Manage Workers Around the World

Remote’s best-in-class global HR and employment solutions provide the best experience for you and your people — no matter where they live and work. 

Built for companies of all sizes, Remote allows you to hire employees and contractors around the world. You can manage payroll, benefits, taxes, and day-to-day HR processes from one platform, saving you time and money — and streamlining your entire HR stack.

Welcome to our partner spotlight series! Please introduce yourself and Remote to our readers.

Hi! I’m Alan Stevenson, Senior Principal of Strategic Partnerships at Remote. 

Remote simplifies all the complexities of international hiring, making it quick and easy for any business to hire, manage, and pay the best talent — wherever in the world they’re based. Our mantra has always been that talent is everywhere but opportunities are not, and we work with companies of all sizes to give them access to that talent.

We’re a prime example of this approach. In January 2021, we had just 70 employees, but today we have over 1,500 across the globe — and we’re growing all the time. 

Wow, that’s incredibly exciting growth. Did Remote come to exist during COVID?

Actually, our co-founders, Job and Marcelo, started Remote in 2019. Even before the pandemic they understood that these opportunities needed to exist, and that companies needed better tools to hire and pay people in other countries.

In his previous company, Job saw how maddeningly complex it can be to hire someone abroad. From the get-go, you need to be equipped to run payroll, manage taxes and benefits, and comply with all the relevant laws and regulations in that location. And so Remote built the infrastructure to handle all of that, so that companies can build an international team as easily as they can at home.

That does sound “maddeningly complex.” Tell us more! 

Well, let’s say your business wants to hire a software engineer. Traditionally, you’d be restricted to candidates that are physically located near your office, which really narrows the pool. And on top of that, maybe the cost of hiring locally is really high.

With Remote, you can look much farther afield and find the perfect person for the role, regardless of where they live. And, once you hire them, we enable you to onboard them, pay them, provide benefits, and manage their day-to-day HR needs. We handle all the compliance, all the complex legal stuff; everything is taken care of, at every stage of the cycle. Everything you need is literally in one place.

We offer real flexibility, too. For instance, if you already have your own legal entity abroad, we can centralize payroll for you. We allow you to easily hire and pay contractors in multiple currencies, and avoid misclassification risks. If you want to integrate with other tools, we provide a custom API.

In terms of both opportunity and cost, all of that is a real game-changer — especially for smaller businesses. One of our clients recently told us that, by using Remote, they’d saved themselves upwards of $150,000 in internal hires and entity setup fees. Now, businesses can grow and scale far more efficiently. 

Sounds like a great way to enable global HR services directly. Where does the partnership with Hired come in? 

Hired’s AI-driven marketplace allows recruiters to source hard-to-find candidates with specialized skill sets, and Remote’s platform enables recruiters to hire them. I think our services really complement one another. Together we help growth companies source, vet, onboard, and pay the best candidate for the role, regardless of location.

Related: Hired Expands to Help Companies Find Talent Worldwide as Demand for Remote Work Doubles

We’re also completely aligned in terms of our missions. Hired envisions a world where all hiring is equitable, efficient, and transparent, just as Remote is committed to removing location as a barrier to employment. Like Hired, we also have a number of active social programs to support people who have been affected by global or political upheaval, such as our Remote for Refugees program.

Related: How We’re Supporting Ukraine

We couldn’t agree more. Together, our services allow for the best job seekers and employers to connect. Speaking of, tell us about your upcoming events.

Each year we host our free Remote Connect event, which brings together executives, thought leaders, and HR experts, and explores the challenges of building and scaling remote-first global teams. Previous headline speakers have included Arianna Huffington, Michael C. Bush, and Dan Abelon.

We’ve also just launched our first ever Remote Excellence Awards, which gives remote-first companies the opportunity to spotlight their achievements and innovative practices.

Very exciting! We highly recommend Remote Connect to anyone seeking insights to level up in today’s competitive job market. 

Alan, thank you for sitting down with us, it was a pleasure chatting about Remote!

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Hired is the largest AI-driven marketplace matching ambitious tech and sales talent with the world’s most innovative companies. Backed by global HR leader, The Adecco Group, Hired combines intelligent job matching with unbiased career counseling to help people find a job they love and reach their full potential.

By providing accurate, real-time information, access to equal opportunity, efficiency, and transparency, the Hired platform serves as the backbone for hiring managers, recruiters, and C-level executives to surface the best talent and build amazing, diverse teams around the world.

Hired is committed to building equity in the hiring process through a more representative talent pool, using bias reduction features, customized assessments, and salary bias alerts to help remove unconscious bias when hiring. 

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Originally published March 2022. Updated March 2024.