Case Study: GiveDirectly Scales Global Hiring and Remote-First Operations with Oyster

GiveDirectly - Customer Case Study

GiveDirectly, a nonprofit that fights poverty through direct cash transfers, needed a way to hire and support talent globally without the burden of setting up local entities. As the organization scaled across 30 countries with a lean People team, it faced compliance complexity, changing labor laws, fragmented HR processes, and limited access to mission-aligned candidates in new geographies. To solve this, GiveDirectly turned to Oyster and its global employment platform.

With Oyster, GiveDirectly was able to compliantly onboard and manage international team members through EOR services, payroll, benefits, and HR admin support, along with self-serve tools for country guidance, cost calculations, and salary insights. The result: GiveDirectly hired 24 team members in 17 countries, became a remote-first organization, reduced internal workload, and gained greater peace of mind around compliance while lowering costs versus hiring only in the U.S.

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Saidi Juma

Senior People Operations Manager