If you’re a People Ops professional scaling a global team, chances are you already have a lot going on. From sourcing candidates to designing policies and processes to keep your distributed team happy, People teams are often stretched thin—especially when serving a workforce spread across borders and time zones.
Figuring out employment agreements in Argentina or statutory vacation requirements in Germany is probably not something you want on your plate. And that’s to say nothing of the risk involved.
That’s why we’re so excited to be moving towards an automated hiring process with Oyster. You don’t have to scramble to find resources on local laws, create compliant contracts, or manually collect and follow up on Team Member information. Nor do you have to source help from a variety of different providers. Oyster’s intelligent, automated system will provide the knowledge you need to hire quickly and compliantly. This empowers you to make choices that work for your business and put your Team Members first.
Please note that the following features are being rolled out progressively. To see which feature is live where, please refer to this Help Center article.
Use our virtual hiring assistant for country-specific guidance
When you’re ready to enter a new Team Member into the Oyster platform, you’ll have country-specific guidance throughout the process from Pearl, your virtual hiring assistant.
Pearl guides you through the hiring process by surfacing relevant information, such as the statutory, recommended, and best-in-class options for various employment terms. What’s the statutory probation period in Spain? What’s the required PTO in Japan? Pearl will automatically supply that information and make recommendations, so you can feel confident that you’re making a strong offer based on the candidate’s location.
Lean on us for local compliance
Not only are you making a strong offer, you can also rest easy knowing that you're staying compliant with local employment laws and regulations.
Oyster’s automated hiring process is designed to offer you country-specific forms. The employment terms included and the information requested will be exactly what’s required for local compliance in that particular jurisdiction. The automated process is designed to ensure that you’re creating an agreement that’s locally compliant. You can feel confident that you’ve covered all your bases and avoided costly mistakes.
Fast, easy, trackable onboarding
Once you’ve submitted the information necessary for a locally compliant employment agreement, you can invite the new Team Member onto the Oyster platform to add their details and upload their documents.
No unnecessary paperwork or processes. No back and forth or waiting for clarification. Our automated system ensures that the right information is requested, and having the new Team Member enter their data themselves reduces the possibility of errors and confusion. Onboarding is quick because all the formalities are completed in one place.
Both you and the new Team Member will be able to track progress using the ‘process highway,’ and if things are slowing down, you’ll be able to see why at a glance. Your new Team Member will be impressed by just how efficient and seamless the onboarding process is.
Coming soon: Generate compliant agreements super fast
The last step of the process is reviewing and signing the agreements. To date, creating the employment agreements has occurred outside the Oyster platform, but it will soon be brought into the platform, as the final step of our end-to-end automated hiring process.
With this feature, you’ll be able to immediately generate compliant employment agreements with the Oyster platform, without having to wait for a human to create one for you. After your new Team Member submits their details during their onboarding, you’ll be able to review a draft agreement. Both parties will be able to review the draft and request any necessary changes. Once you are both satisfied, the admin will be able to ‘verify’ the agreement and eventually both parties will be able to sign it—all within the platform.
This July, the UK will be the first market to get access to automated agreements, but it will be expanded to other countries over the coming months. Being able to sign agreements within the platform will also be rolled out throughout the second half of 2022.
To stay up to date with the rollout of features related to Automated Global Hiring, check out this article in our Help Center.
Global hiring made easy with Oyster
Rolling out progressively over the next few months, Oyster’s automated hiring process is streamlined, efficient, and designed for compliance. By automating about 60% of the current process, we can bring your new Team Member on board in record time, no matter where in the world they’re located.
Want to learn more about the future of Automated Global Hiring with Oyster? Request a demo today!
About Oyster
Oyster is a global employment platform designed to enable visionary HR leaders to find, hire, pay, manage, develop, and take care of a thriving distributed workforce. Oyster lets growing companies give valued international team members the experience they deserve, without the usual headaches and expense.
