The Chief of Staff Association, a global professional body connecting chiefs of staff across 70+ countries, faced significant hurdles when expanding into new markets. Without in-house HR or legal expertise, the organization struggled with employment law compliance, payroll management, and benefits administration. Deel EOR enabled seamless employee onboarding while maintaining compliance without requiring local entity setup.

Barings operated fragmented payroll systems across regions—CloudPay in Europe and Vistra in Asia-Pacific, with APAC relying heavily on manual Excel spreadsheets. This created operational inefficiencies, compliance risks, and prevented clear visibility into total employment costs. Deel's certified Workday integration provided a unified platform consolidating multiple vendors with bi-directional data flow.

Hypertherm operated with fragmented payroll systems across multiple countries, each relying on different providers. The manual process involved extracting data from emails and spreadsheets, inputting information into various systems for approvals, and verifying outputs. Workday integrations automated data transfer, eliminating manual report extraction and Excel reformatting.

ServicePower acquired Invenium and inherited a workforce in Tunisia with no local HR expertise. The payroll system was entirely manual, managed by a local accountant using paper payslips, leaving the finance team with zero visibility. Deel provided instant visibility and control over payroll operations, Deel AI to build HR policies from scratch, and accelerated contractor onboarding across geographies.

SK Intellix needed to expand into the US market but faced complexity with state-specific regulations, payroll requirements, and employee benefits. Without a US legal entity, expansion could have stalled. Deel Employer of Record (EOR) enabled SK Intellix to onboard senior employees quickly and compliantly, automating payroll and compliance across federal and state tax laws while providing employees with competitive benefits from day one.

FICO managed payments across 90+ countries with multiple global payment vendors, each with different rules and procedures. Coordinating processes across time zones was laborious, and inconsistent information threatened operational disruptions. Deel's Workday integration streamlined payroll updates, eliminating manual document searches, while regional expertise helped navigate compliance nuances.

Directional Pizza faced fragmented HR infrastructure across multiple acquisitions in UK, Denmark, and Sweden. The organization needed consolidated payroll visibility and multi-market compliance management to support rapid expansion. Deel provided an integrated platform covering Global HRIS, Global Payroll, and Deel IT for consistent device management.

Luxury Escapes scaled rapidly from 20 to over 600 employees globally in a decade. When expanding into Europe, leadership faced how to hire locally at speed while maintaining full compliance. The company implemented Deel's EOR solution for Spain and Deel Global Payroll for UK operations, enabling rapid hiring while Deel managed compliance, payroll, benefits, and local expertise.

Kintsugi faced two critical obstacles during rapid expansion: securing top engineering talent globally while maintaining strict compliance standards demanded by VC investors and auditors for IP protection and legal clarity. Founder implemented Deel as the central HR system from day one, with globally compliant employment contracts eliminating legal redlines during investor due diligence.