Oyster is a global employment platform making it easy for companies to hire, pay, and care for their most valued talent all over the world. Founded in 2019, the company began with a simple question: How can global employment be made easier for both businesses and skilled workers? Oyster enables companies to create all-star teams without borders, letting organizations legally hire both employees and contractors in more than 60 countries, all without setting up a local entity.

With its completely automated payroll system, Oyster makes sure that employees are paid on time in their local currencies. Meanwhile, localized benefits packages help attract and retain top talent. The mission of the company therefore has inclusivity at its core, enabling businesses to hire based on talent rather than location, while giving employees the flexibility to work from anywhere in the world.

Oyster operates with a clear set of values: building and earning trust, taking ownership to drive change, embracing opportunities to make things happen, and fostering a united team that values diverse perspectives. Combining global reach with human-centered practices, Oyster leads into a future where work is accessible, equitable, and efficient for all.

Products Offered by Oyster

Employer of Record

Oyster's Employer of Record solution provides a seamless, compliant, and scalable solution for companies looking to hire talent across the globe. Designed for organizations expanding into international markets, Oyster removes traditional barriers associated with global employment by managing the legal, financial, and administrative complexities on your behalf. Having deep local knowledge of more than 120 countries at your fingertips enables businesses to confidently hire, pay, and support distributed team members without setting up foreign entities.

It provides one single platform for managing onboarding, offboarding, time off, expenses, benefits, equity, and contracts, along with reporting, so everything in the employee's lifecycle is completed with precision. Oyster also simplifies global payroll: it allows making payments in more than 120 currencies and the creation of fully compliant, legally reviewed agreements. Onboard new hires in as little as 48 hours with competitive salaries, benefits, and equity that comply with local standards.

Oyster is your strategic global expansion partner, underpinned by expert support and compliance safeguards built in. Flexible pricing and deep country coverage give businesses the confidence to scale faster, reduce risk, and deliver exceptional employment experiences anywhere in the world.

Global Contractors

Oyster's all-in-one platform simplifies international contractor hiring, onboarding, and management for any company looking to hire and pay talent in more than 180 countries around the world. With Oyster, companies can guarantee compliance on a global scale with all their administrative work in one place, like country-specific, legally compliant contracts, invoices, and contract term tracking.

It enables companies to pay contractors in more than 120 currencies, making sure that payments are accurate and on time, with over 99% accuracy. Whether PAYG or fixed payment schedules, Oyster makes cross-border payments seamless and reliable. On top of this, contractors can be onboarded in mere minutes from identity verification to signing the contract, avoiding manual processes and enabling companies to scale their teams.

Oyster's platform, through its Oyster Shell subscription, protects clients from misclassification with up to USD $500,000 in aggregate protection. With Oyster, contractor management is centralized in one location, reducing the administrative burden associated with engaging contractors across multiple geographies; compliance risks are minimized, and global expansion is easier to achieve, with expert support and localized knowledge.

Global Payroll

Oyster streamlines global payroll management by providing one place to run compliant payroll for your team in 30+ countries. Designed to save time and eliminate complexity, Oyster enables businesses to manage payroll for employees, contractors, and EOR Team Members within a single location, standardizing the employee experience across borders.

The platform automates payroll calculations, tracks payroll cycles, and generates payslips and reports through straightforward and efficient workflows. Additionally, Oyster keeps you in compliance with the support of local payroll consultants who will walk you step by step through every part of the payroll process. With real-time data synchronization to your HRIS, ERP, and expense management systems, Oyster reduces errors and avoids repetitive data entry.

With Oyster, employees can easily submit and track expenses, request time off, and view payslips and payroll data on an intuitive interface. The platform also offers solid integrations to help businesses manage payroll operations smoothly across a variety of systems.

From transparent pricing to expert support, and from compliance-first thinking to making global payroll effortless, Oyster helps your business scale with confidence.

Tony Jamous - CEO & Founder

“With Oyster’s expansive country coverage, you can compliantly hire employees and contractors without setting up a local entity yourself.”