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Build diverse global teams compliantly with Alder

Global employment should not be slow, and it should not be risky. Alder gives you compliant, automated, end-to-end software for hiring, payroll, benefits and everything after the offer.

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How Alder helps you scale globally

Unlike a traditional employer of record, Alder pairs deep employment data with a bench of in-house legal and HR specialists, so compliance holds up in 172 countries. And unlike most employment software, we stay involved after signature — the part where global teams usually come unstuck.

  • Hire and pay compliantly in 172 countries
  • Generate lawyer-reviewed local agreements
  • Onboard new teammates in as little as 42 hours
  • Pay everyone on time with 99.4% accuracy
  • Offer competitive salary, equity and benefits
  • Reach a specialist with 94.2% satisfaction

Take the barriers out of global hiring

Hire the person you actually want, wherever they live, and grow the team in days rather than quarters. Statutory terms arrive pre-filled and every agreement is reviewed by an employment lawyer, so nothing quietly goes wrong three months later.

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Team members

New hire
PersonTypeRole
Portrait of Nadia Bodnar — photo by Foto Sushi on PexelsNadia Bodnarnadia@fortune.co ContractorSenior designer
Portrait of Talan Vaccaro — photo by Ben Khatry on PexelsTalan Vaccarotalan@fortune.co EmployeeStaff engineer
Portrait of Craig Septimus — photo by Korede Adenola on PexelsCraig Septimuscraig@fortune.co ContractorJunior engineer
Portrait of Devi Carder — photo by Jake Nackos on UnsplashDevi Carderdevi@fortune.co EmployeeSupport lead
Employment cost calculator
Canada
EUR
68,400.00
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Payroll

Payroll change
PersonTotalMonthly
Craig Philips$11,833.78$19,328.70
Cheyenne Rosser$17,447.10$10,383.62
Marta Oyelaran$10,334.76$16,352.34
Rune Halvorsen$10,024.06$9,334.42
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Craig Philips
February 2026
Bonus
$ 1,400
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Straighten out global payments

Run every international payment, bonus, expense and invoice through one product. Pay teammates on time in 138 currencies and stop re-keying numbers by syncing straight into the finance system you already run.

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Offer rewards people actually compare well

Stop guessing at global compensation. Read location-specific data on salary, equity and benefits, then build a total rewards plan you can defend in any market you hire in.

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Contractor

USD 27

per contractor, per month

Use this to:

  • Generate compliant contracts
  • Pay in 138 currencies
  • Manage time off, expenses and benefits in 172 countries
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Run the whole talent lifecycle in one place

Forget the manual HR chores, the paper trail and the copy-paste errors. Alder holds time-off requests, contract changes, allowances, offboarding and everything in between in a single system your team can actually keep current.

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How to get started

Whether you are opening your first role abroad or repairing a setup that went sideways, we will make the switch uneventful.

1

Open a free Alder account

Walk the platform and every tool in it at no cost, including the employment cost calculator.

2

Get guidance the moment you hire

Submit a new teammate and a specialist walks you through local compliance while the agreement drafts itself around you.

3

Keep a named team afterwards

Our people review the draft, send it for approval, collect signatures and handle onboarding — then stay reachable.

Hire a team member

Add new hire
NameRoleCountryStart
Renan LesaffreContent leadFrance31 Jan
Faye HermanSales directorCanada12 Jul
Olivia WatersMarketing managerPortugal13 Apr
Matt MorleyPartnershipsBelgium5 Oct

Trusted by teams and the partners around them

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We help teams grow faster across borders

David Dawoud

Head of People at Northstack

Northstack

Alder has it down in terms of how simple it is, but it is quietly clever at the same time. It is simple enough that you never feel the weight of keeping five systems agreeing with each other. That is the beauty of it.”

Aíla Tebaldi

CEO and founder of Molto

molto

Before Alder, employing anybody outside the U.K. was a small nightmare for us. Now it is fast and, more to the point, boring.”

Tyler Parson

VP of People at Fieldnote

Fieldnote

The clearest change for our team is speed, and the anxiety that came with it. We onboard much faster and with far less second-guessing about whether we got it right. With Alder we trust that we did.”

What does global employment actually mean?

It is employing someone who lives in a country where your company has no legal entity — with the local contract, payroll, tax and benefits handled properly rather than improvised.

What is an employer of record?

A company that legally employs someone on your behalf in their country, while that person works day to day with your team.

How is distributed hiring changing local employment?

Salary bands are being compared across borders far more often, and the countries that make hiring straightforward are quietly winning roles from the ones that do not.

Do employees need a visa to work for a company abroad?

Usually not, if they stay in the country where they already have the right to work. Relocation is the case that needs a visa, and we handle those separately.

Find and hire people anywhere with Alder

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