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Oyster is a global employment platform that helps companies hire, pay, manage, and take care of distributed teams across borders. The company positions itself as a people-first Employer of Record (EOR) provider, combining an automated self-serve platform with in-house HR experts and local specialists to guide customers through sensitive people moments, compliance needs, and ongoing workforce operations. Founded after starting in 2019, Oyster focuses on enabling companies to hire full-time employees via EOR without setting up local entities, engage and pay global contractors, and run multi-country payroll for teams employed by a customer’s own entities. The platform also supports global compensation programs through localized benefits, salary benchmarking insights, and visa sponsorship support for relocation and immigration workflows. Oyster emphasizes compliance-first operations and trust, highlighting third-party verification and audits (including SOC 2 Type II availability) and alignment with GDPR and the EU-US Data Protection Framework principles. The company describes itself as fully distributed, with its team based across 60+ countries, supporting customers with expert guidance and standardized workflows that integrate into existing HR and finance systems.

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