The challenge: rapid hiring in new countries without local entities
When the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated digital transformation, the Snyk team saw demand for their cloud-native application security products surge. To keep up, Snyk needed to hire quickly across multiple countries without established local entities and without compromising compliance.
“Our product is developer-led, and with many developer outreach programs and conferences temporarily on hold, we had to find new ways to tap into the market and find the right talent to ultimately be able to hire and onboard them quickly,” said Nathan Jeune-Manning, Senior Manager of Global People Operations at Snyk.
But onboarding international talent comes with complex hurdles, including different employment laws and compliance standards in every country.
“We quickly realized that onboarding an employee in Australia is entirely different from onboarding one in the Czech Republic, and recognized we needed an experienced partner to help us expand while maintaining compliance,” Jeune-Manning explained.
The solution: G-P to hire fast, stay compliant, and keep employees happy
To scale quickly and compliantly, Snyk relied on G-P EOR™ to hire and onboard talent across multiple markets, including Denmark, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Malta, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Slovenia, and Switzerland.
G-P gave us the flexibility to move fast. Previously, we had to go through the process of trying to research things in new markets like benefits, legal processes, hiring, firing, etc. It was far easier to have G-P provide that in-country support and insight. There’s no doubt we could not have expanded as fast and as effectively as we have if not for our partnership with G-P."
Nathan Jeune-Manning
Senior Manager of Global People Operations at Snyk
The results: 4x growth, 6 new markets, and a reliable global partner
Snyk was able to expand rapidly across international markets while maintaining compliance, data security, and a consistent employee experience.
“For us, it came down to usability and speed of response," shared Jeune-Manning. "It’s a similar, consistent process with G-P in each and every country. And we ultimately felt more confident and secure working with G-P because of their strong data protection emphasis.”
The G-P team is amazing — professional, friendly, and engaging with better turnaround times than the other providers we considered; simply put, anything you can do to make the employee experience as easy as possible is a win — and G-P did just that.”
Nathan Jeune-Manning
Senior Manager of Global People Operations at Snyk
