The document discusses the transition to distributed and remote work accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. It notes that many companies are now fully or partially distributed and may remain that way. Common challenges for companies moving to remote work include setting up payroll and benefits across different countries, navigating varying regulations and employment terms, and providing a good remote employee experience. The document then describes Oyster, a HR SaaS platform that helps companies hire, onboard, pay salaries and benefits for distributed teams globally in order to address these challenges.

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• The world of work has changed
forever
• The end of the Office Era
• Cultural Principles and Tools of
Distributed Teamwork
• Removing location as a
requirement for success
• The evolution of the people
function

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2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
100% REMOTE
100% REMOTE
100% REMOTE
100% REMOTE
COVID-19 has accelerated the urgency
- every company in 2020 has had to
become a distributed company and
many of them are deciding to stay
fully or partially distributed
50% of workforce remote
50% of workforce in the next 5-10 years
1/3 of workforce
100% of workforce
‘remote-first’ model
100% of non-production staff
WHY NOW

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WHY NOW
How C-level executives view the future of work:
More Remote Working
48% of employees will likely
work remotely at least part of
the time after COVID-19 versus
30% before the pandemic
More Contingent Workers
77% of executives believe
contingent workers will
substantially replace full-time
employees in the next 5 years
More Employer Responsibility
62% of employers plan to play
an expanded role in the financial,
physical, and mental well-being
of their employees.
The Skills Gap Keeps Growing
87% of companies say they have
a skills gap already or will within
the next three years.
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SOURCES: GARTNER, MERCER, MCKINSEY

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• Concerns about less productivity
• Some ops/functions need the office
• Concerns about culture and social
• Some employees want to go back
• Huge operating cost reductions
• Employees want to stay
• Increased organizational performance
NO
Happier/Healthier
Employees
Expanded Talent
Horizons
Bold New Ways of
Working
YES

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The Office Era
Birth of
Knowledge Work
The Distributed Era
Software
Broadband/
Mobile
• Free from the constraints of
time and space
• Focused on outputs vs. time
spent
• More democratic
Internet COVID-19

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• Asynchronous over synchronous
• Radical transparency
• Document your conclusions
• Over-communicate
• Preparation creates net time-savings
• Results over time
• Everyone is a moderator
• Assume good intent

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Communication Project & Task Management
• Conversation between
individuals and teams
• Watercooler
• Default async
• Fills the gap between
Slack and Zoom
• Spontaneous and low-
formality
• All-hands, decision and “unblock me” meetings
• Used sparingly and purposefully
• Record and archive
• Open attendance, where possible
• The “intranet” of the 2020’s
• Dynamic source of truth
• Team spaces
• Permanent documentation
• Light and disposable
• Focus on the 1-pager
• Ephemeral documentation

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Teaching best practices and tools for distributed working
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Cutting-Edge Learning
In-person & asynchronous blended learning
Participants from 10+ timezones
Course simulates a distributed company
Modules crafted by remote work experts
Who is it for?
The Remote Ready program is holistic and
all-encompassing. Anyone can take it!
New remote employees benefit the most,
Remote Ready serves as an orientation tool.
Veteran remote employees who are seeking
to solidify their knowledge and practice.
Heads and executives looking to get up to
speed with remote work best-practice
Curriculum
Learn communication principles for Async and Sync work
Practice project management methodologies at distributed companies
Explore strategies to maintain physical and mental wellbeing
Learn some of the digital tools necessary for the above
FREE TO CUSTOMERS

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BEFORE AFTER
• Free market between talent
and employers
• More and different startups
come into existence
• Disproportionate success
accrues more easily to the
best companies and people
SF
London
Talent-hungry companies
Startup Founders
Talent

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• Global Talent Acquisition
○ Employer marketing becomes very
important
○ Open remote roles are a “product” that
must be distributed
• Remote Work Ops
○ How an organization works finally gets
the attention it deserves
○ Head of Remote ascendancy
• Global Employment Ops
○ Mastery of global employment
complexity
○ Ensures an equal employment
experience for all, everywhere
Global
Talent
Acquisition
Remote
Work
Operations
Global
Employment
Operations

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78% of companies are looking to move to remote work but face challenges in:
Setting up payroll and
benefits is costly and
cumbersome
Regulations, taxes and
employment terms vary by
country and are difficult to
navigate
Remote employee
experience is terrible
Oyster disrupts cross-border HR with a scalable HR SaaS platform
built specifically for distributed teams
THE PROBLEM

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OYSTER PLATFORM
• Hire & onboard distributed
workforce (employees and
contractors)
• Pay salary & benefits
• Manage all employment aspects in
one place
Full stacked solution for
employers to looking to extend
their workforce globally:
• Find remote jobs and self-onboard
• Manage benefits, timeoffs, and
expenses
• Get paid in preferred currency
• Receive remote work training and
certification
Talent centric solution for
employees to ensure that great
talent, regardless of the
employment modality, would
prefer to be engaged through
Oyster:

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Finding the perfect candidate in a new country
used to require months of trying to sort out local
laws and getting properly set up in-country for
payroll, reporting, liability, and more. With Oyster
it is just a few clicks and the candidate is
onboarded within days. The freedom to expand
our team at the push of a button has
been a game changer for us.
Ease of use & speed of execution
Shaun Cooley, CEO
Oyster’s one-stop solution has
enabled us to tap into the global
talent pool quickly
and easily.
One stop solution for
all talent needs
Paul McGuire, CEO
We valued Oyster’s ability to provide
our new hires with a great
onboarding experience. And the
service and support from the Oyster
team has been remarkable.
Drastically improved onboarding
& support experience
Ben Stephenson, CEO
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK

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