Firecell, How an open-source telecom company secured top-talent through Global PEO solutions

Immigration is not always a smooth process. Sometimes it takes time. In the world of employment, schedules are often crunched—candidates often do not have the luxury of taking time off work while immigration paperwork is processed. This is what Firecell faced when they identified a software developer in India with suitable niche skills.

Due to normal immigration timelines, bringing this candidate to France was not an immediate option, and employing him as a contractor wasn’t ideal either; it could have created an employee misclassification risk for Firecell, and wouldn’t have given the employee social security benefits from being a full-time employee. [Read more about the difference between employees and contractors]

In order to secure the candidate, Firecell needed a fast and compliant local employment solution until the candidate could join the HQ in France. That means they needed to know and comply with international tax laws as well as local Indian employment laws— no small feat when time is of the essence.

Horizons can onboard employees in as little as 48 hours, anywhere. Since Firecell had already identified an employee, the process to hire them onto Horizon’s India entity was simple, straightforward, and fast: a perfect solution for the problem they faced.