For innovative companies looking to scale quickly across borders, finding and retaining global talent is one of the biggest challenges. Hiring in new markets comes with a minefield of complex employment laws, tax requirements, and cultural nuances to navigate. This compliance burden often forces companies to put the brakes on international expansion plans.

However, some forward-thinking companies have found a solution by partnering with Employer of Record (EOR) specialists like Remote. Tablevibe, a trailblazing hospitality-tech startup, is a prime example of how the right EOR partner can clear the path for rapid, compliant global team building.

Adapting to a Remote-First Reality

Tablevibe was born in 2018 when founder Jeroen Rutten had a revelatory experience at his favorite Singapore restaurant. Experiencing an inefficient process for collecting customer feedback inspired him to develop an innovative digital solution leveraging QR codes and incentives. Within a few years, Tablevibe’s ordering system and feedback platform was working with 100 businesses.

With $1.6 million raised on their first seed round, and international expansion on the cards, Rutten realized that many new talents needed to be onboarded.

With the pandemic of 2021, Tablevibe, like many companies, saw the opportunity to adopt a remote work model and eventually adapted to remote work policies. As Rutten explains, “We quickly realized that this model also has unique benefits, such as allowing us to hire the best developers and salespeople from different markets. We were no longer limited to just one country’s talent pool.”

Jeroen Rutten, CEO, Tablevibe

But first, they needed a trusted global employment and HR partner to navigate the legal complexities, and Tablevibe tested a few options before selecting Remote.

“We were no longer limited to just one country’s talent pool.”

“We evaluated (two potential providers), and the extra service we got from Remote was impressive. We really felt like Remote took us seriously as a business and wanted a long term partnership. That was a real differentiator.”

Solving the HR Headache with Remote

With Remote handling global payroll, contractor management, and employer of record services across nations, Tablevibe could rapidly build their international team with peace of mind.

“It’s what I call ‘HR hygiene,'” Rutten says. “It means that we don’t need to get distracted by things we don’t know much about. Remote gives us that peace of mind.”

“It allows us to build something of value that scales across markets, without being limited by the HR and incorporation elements of business. It makes the world a much smaller place for businesses and makes borders a lot less relevant, which is really empowering.”

Having a partner well-versed in local labor laws also empowers companies to offer competitive, compliant benefits packages everywhere they hire. This is possible due to Remote’s local, on-the-ground employment and compliance experts, which give Tablevibe the peace of mind to hire talent globally.

After having evaluated the full spectrum of Remote services, Tablevibe’s employees then needed to be consolidated into one HR system, an endeavour that is usually a HR nightmare. Instead, the process to transfer people over from a previous solution was seamless.

According to Rutten, the partnership has also positively impacted the company’s bottom line. “Remote’s EOR service has helped us reduce our operational costs and uncertainties when it comes to hiring overseas employees.’”

Tablevibe also appreciates the flexibility to easily engage contractors in new markets through Remote’s unified global payroll system before converting them to full-time employees.

Payroll and Contractor Management is a Breeze

A centralized global payroll system means that Tablevibe can swiftly address any salary or benefits issues regardless of how dispersed across the globe the Tablevibe team may be.

“With Global Payroll, we’re able to keep everyone in the same structure within Remote,” he explains. “Everyone manages their holidays from the platform, and has their payslips and other employment details in there. This helps us structure our entire HR function.”

A contractor management service also enables the company to tap into the value of working with contractors especially when venturing into new hiring markets.

“With fast growth and testing in different markets, sometimes it helps to begin with a contractor, and not to have to commit to full time employment,” Rutten says. “Remote’s user-friendly interface and easy onboarding simplifies this entire process.”

Empowering Companies for Global Scale

By off-loading HR complexities to Remote, rapidly-scaling startups like Tablevibe can focus energy on their core products and growth strategies instead of spending cycles on employment regulations and compliance.

“We’re able to operate globally in a way that wasn’t possible before companies like Remote,” Rutten concludes. “It allows us to build something of value that scales across markets, without being limited by the HR and incorporation elements of business.

“It makes the world a much smaller place for businesses and makes borders a lot less relevant, which is really empowering.”

For visionary companies looking to capitalize on the global talent pool and scale their teams internationally, trusted EOR partners have emerged as a critical secret weapon. By removing barriers to compliant employment anywhere, the right partner can empower companies to focus on what really matters: developing great products and delighting customers worldwide.