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Giovanna is a People Operations Expert with years of extensive experience building global, scalable, people-centric solutions across the tech industry.
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Running payroll across borders for a distributed workforce means navigating local tax codes, statutory benefits, and employment laws that shift with every country you add to the headcount.
European employment law is not one system - it is 30 separate systems that happen to share a continent, and the EOR platforms our team tested varied wildly in how well they handle that fragmentation.
Javier is Head of People, bringing over a decade of international HR leadership and global M&A strategy experience to the tech and software industry.
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After evaluating 14 payroll platforms with a construction-specific test crew, the finding that stood out most was how many general-purpose tools fall apart the moment you need to assign wages to a specific job.
After running parallel payrolls across 13 platforms, the most striking finding was how differently each product defines the word payroll. Some stop at cutting checks. Others expand the definition to include benefits, compliance, and talent management.
Alexandra is VP of People and Culture, bringing over 30 years of HR and business transformation experience to the tech and software industry.
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After researching and testing 12 Employer of Record platforms, the single biggest variable was not price or country coverage - it was whether the provider owns its local legal entities or outsources to third-party partners.
After running payroll through 14 different platforms over the past three months, the single most consistent finding was this: the gap between the best and worst onboarding experiences is enormous. Some platforms had me processing a test payroll within 20 minutes. Others required phone calls just to finish account setup.
After spending weeks evaluating compliance platforms, the thing that struck me hardest was how little the term compliance software actually tells you. One product connects to your AWS account and automatically pulls security evidence for a SOC 2 audit. Another gives you unlimited access to employment attorneys who will review your employee handbook over the phone. Both call themselves compliance software. The gap between them is enormous.
Samantha is a Senior People Partner and global HR leader with over 12 years of experience shaping employee experience and organizational growth within the tech industry.
View all 1 articles →After testing 14 payroll platforms against restaurant-specific scenarios, the most revealing finding was how few of them understand that a single employee can work two positions at two pay rates in the same shift.
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