​One hire in Lisbon, a contractor in Kraków, a sales lead in New York, and suddenly you’re running a company in four countries on a setup designed for just one!

​In small teams, it’s usually ops who works out how to make that setup work for everyone. Could you explain...

• ​why two people in the same role are paid differently?

• ​why the same person always ends up on the 8pm call?

• ​whether your policies still make sense for someone in Kraków?

​So, you’ve hired abroad, now what? We’ll look at how to run one company across several countries from a small HQ, so everyone feels part of the same organisation wherever they’re based.

​Some of you are doing this already, some of you will be soon, and some of you are just curious about what it takes. Wherever you’re at, come along and hear from speakers who’ll share real decisions they’ve made, including the ones they’d do differently 🌍

​What we’ll cover

​🗺️ What to run from HQ and what to run locally, and who owns each
💷 Setting pay across countries, and explaining the differences
🤝 Keeping people outside HQ close to decisions
📋 Policies that work for everyone, wherever they’re based

​What to expect

​It’s a 60-minute conversation on Zoom with three speakers who know this space well, plus a moderator to keep it moving.

​Bring any question or challenge that’s on your mind. You might be wondering...

• ​do I need to know employment law in every country we hire in?

• ​our New York hire keeps hearing about decisions a day late, how do we fix that?

• ​we’ve got five countries and five versions of the handbook, is that normal?

​...or something else entirely. Drop it in the chat and we’ll get to as many as we can.

​Here’s who you’ll hear from 👇

​Meet the speakers

​Erik Seiving

​COO | Operations & Scale Advisor

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​Erika Parkins

​Strategic Growth Lead @ Cadence OneFive

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​Erin Goodey (moderator)

​Director II, People Services @ Oyster

​Erin Goodey is the Director of People Services at a Oyster, where she leads complex, cross-border employment strategies and supports high-growth companies to scale compliantly and humanely. She specialises in global people operations, risk mitigation, and building pragmatic frameworks for distributed teams. Erin partners closely with founders and HR leaders to navigate international expansion, global employment, and workforce design with clarity and confidence. Known for her practical, no-nonsense approach, she combines strategic insight with real-world execution, helping organisations turn global employment from a risk into a competitive advantage.

​Together with 🙌

​Oyster

​Oyster's global employment platform enables businesses to hire compliantly, pay, and provide employee benefits in countries where the companies don’t have legal entities.

​This way, companies can look for talent anywhere in the world and let Oyster handle compliance, payroll, and employee benefits.

​Oyster also helps companies with global payroll in countries where they already have legal entities.

​Please note: This is a co-hosted event between Oyster and Operations Nation. Attendee information submitted at registration will be shared with both parties for the purposes of running this event. Read Operations Nation's privacy policy and Oyster's privacy policy.