A new kind of partner for clients setting up offshore teams or pods. We build them, run them, and hand them over once they're ready. You get the capability without having to carry the load.
We can also advise you on what locations are worth exploring, depending on your needs.
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[email protected]Why teamferry
Being legally compliant and finding someone with the right skills is, at best, half the job. Here's the rest.
Employing someone offshore usually means building a structure you don't have, an entity, local payroll, employment-law compliance. We carry all of it, and with every hire, we show you clearly that you're covered. You're never the employer, never hold the liability, and never have to become an expert in it.
We work with our recruitment partners to find the best person for the role, in the best location for it, wherever that talent actually is.
Most offshore hires don't fail at the hire. Success isn't just about finding someone good, it's setting them up to succeed once they start, and that takes real time. You're usually hiring because you're already overloaded, so that time isn't there. We plug you and your hire into a system, onboarding, training, support, that carries that load until it's running well enough for us to step back.
How it works
Brief us
Tell us what you need, and whether it's a short-term or long-term ambition.
We find and hire
We brief our recruitment partners and search our own talent database, oversee interviews as quickly and efficiently as we can, then manage the offer and set your hire up as an employee through a partnered Employer of Record, fully compliant with local employment law.
We set them up to succeed
Before day one, we've already built the onboarding plan with you, drawn from real experience of what it takes. Then we partner with you day to day, carrying as much of that load as we can.
We step back, or build further
Once you're ready to ask us to step back, we will. If it's working and you want to grow it, we'll work with you on that next step too.
Onboarding Support
We build a team for you that creates genuine capability that strengthens your operations, not just fill seats.
We found your resource. We've set them up in a legally compliant structure. And in theory, they're ready to work. The real risk from here is the weeks that follow, training, onboarding and briefing properly takes real time, so it can be tempting at times to hold tasks back, and without anyone coordinating day to day, a new hire can sit underutilised for weeks. Bad for you, worse for them. That's where we step in, creating momentum and a positive first impression for your new hire.
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Email, day one
Corporate email can take a week or more to arrive. If you need it, we can plug your hire in on day one with their own teamferry client address, so they are never sitting idle waiting on IT. That builds momentum from day one which works for you and your talent.
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Briefing that's actually clear
Every task lives on your teamferry board, assigned and tracked, so briefing someone can be a two-minute job, not a meeting you may not always have time for.
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Structured, not hand-held
We run a daily check-in with your hire to keep them on track and unblocked, if there are any actions for you we structure them clearly so as to minimise the load required to keep things moving.
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At the same time, we can work with your HR or tech teams to get your new hire set up within your own systems. When you are ready to transition them over, we can oversee that for you as well.
Pricing & timelines
How much does it cost?
There's no rate card, because there's no one-size-fits-all engagement.
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Tailored, not templated
Every pod is different, size, seniority, market, duration, so pricing is built around your specific brief, not read off a fixed package list.
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Transparent, and location-based
Salaries, statutory costs and employer-of-record fees vary by country. We price to reflect that, and show you the real basis for the number, not one global rate.
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A full breakdown, before you commit
You'll get an itemised breakdown of every anticipated fee and cost as part of our first conversation, before you decide.
How long does it take?
It depends whether the right person is already in our bench, or we need to run a fresh search.
As little as 1 week
From our bench
If the right person is already in our talent database, we can move straight to interviews.
~30 days on average
A fresh search
Our recruitment partners run a full search on your behalf. Niche or senior specialist roles can take longer.
Tell us what you need, and we'll come back with the numbers and the timeline.
Brief us →Our founder
Charles Colbourne, Founder
Charles has extensive experience building and running offshore teams across three continents. Most recently, he established a 900-person hub in the Philippines (Bonifacio Global City) from the ground up, from legal entity to live operation, with 100 hires in the first six months.
That experience left him with three core beliefs: first, that overseas talent can bring clients advantages well beyond cost savings; second, that teams must be set up for success and made to feel part of an extended team; and third, that most hiring teams are already stretched and need support to ensure the experience is a positive one. That's what we're focused on delivering.
[email protected]Partners & talent
Recruitment & employment partners
teamferry works with licensed local recruitment agencies and Employer of Record partners to source and employ specialist talent. We handle the client relationship and the ongoing work of running the team, so you can focus on sourcing and compliance, what you already do well. If you're a recruitment or employment partner, we'd like to hear from you.
Partner with us →Talent
When you work through teamferry, you're legally employed through a partnered Employer of Record, not a freelancer or a contractor. That means a proper employment contract, payslips, and your statutory contributions handled correctly, wherever you're based, not left for you to manage yourself. We also believe onboarding is where most offshore experiences actually go wrong, so we invest real time getting you set up properly from day one.
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