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Earthly to improve its recruitment and onboarding processes .
“ It ’ s helped streamline the whole process for both us and also for our team members ,” added Bolton . “ Onboarding has been really efficient for new hires . It has taken the stress out and it ’ s made life easier for everyone .”
Maintaining company culture across borders
Perhaps the biggest result of the partnership with Remote is that Earthly has successfully been able to build and solidify its company culture , even while adding team members from other countries . Remote ’ s in-house country experts have helped to ensure that the business offers fair and competitive compensation to new recruits .
“ The way that the process has been handled and the fact that we can offer incentives that match what our employees have in the UK – that has made everyone feel like they ’ re part of one company ,” explained Bolton .
Thanks to Remote , Earthly was able to implement one of its most progressive workplace initiatives : the four-day working week . on the same structure , which I think is really important : to feel part of one organisation , rather than links to different country-based companies ,” said Bolton .
Looking to the future
So what ’ s next for Earthly ’ s international hiring plans ? The company aims to double the size of its team and intends to establish hubs in the US and Asia to manage its client base in those regions .
Earthly currently has international job openings for candidates who wish to make a positive impact towards the climate and biodiversity crises . Once it finds the right recruits , Remote ’ s EOR services will play a key role in ensuring that they feel like part of one global business .
Bolton concludes by revealing that the company has reached an important milestone : “ We are close to 400 businesses that we ’ re working with , so we ’ re continuing to expand our team and to scale and also focus on larger , enterprise clients .” �
“ Remote has allowed us to take the fourday work week and introduce that into the contracts so that everyone feels like they ’ re
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