Remote Employee Experience: How to Boost Retention & Productivity

Are you struggling to maintain a consistent and engaging employee experience in a remote work environment? Many international organizations face challenges such as fragmented processes, payroll discrepancies, and communication barriers, which can hinder productivity and your employee retention strategy.

Deel brings decades of experience assisting mid-market and enterprise companies in hiring, managing, and paying their global teams efficiently and in compliance with local regulations. Our platform enables businesses to create a unified employee experience regardless of where their workforce is located.

This article explores how Deel can simplify global onboarding, enhance asynchronous communication, and foster equitable team development that aligns with your business values. By adopting these strategies, organizations can bridge skill gaps, reduce operational friction, and significantly enhance employee satisfaction and retention worldwide.

Streamline hiring and onboarding

Global teams struggle with creating a unified employee onboarding experience that ensures workers are set up and ready for work. Onboarding remote talent not only involves the logistical aspects of getting employee contracts and work authorizations signed and securely stored, but it also involves enrolling in payroll and benefits, getting equipment and software provisioned, and having the workers assigned to their company training workflows.

With the Deel HR workflow builder, you can create custom onboarding workflows to automate repetitive tasks and communication across your organization. For example, you can send new hire onboarding emails, send swag, conduct mandatory training, and much more to ensure new hires have a great experience from the get-go.

Key features include:

• Easy self-service platform: Workers can access their salary and benefits when they need them, edit their personal data, withdraw their money through their preferred payment method, access their health insurance and other benefits, and so on. They get to skip the unnecessary communication touchpoints, like contacting HR to complete these tasks for them or waiting for approval from another remote team member who might be in a different time zone or operating on flexible schedules
• Benefits and perks enrollment: Deel takes care of all benefits administration required by law in the country the employee resides in, as well as additional perks a company chooses to include in the compensation to attract global talent, including company equity. This can be a particularly useful, strategic approach for small businesses, who may not be able to afford expensive benefits for their foreign teammates. With Deel, even startups and small businesses with limited resources can afford to offer competitive perks to their international employees
• Easy equipment and software provisioning: With Deel IT, you can choose from a standardized catalog of over 230 products, including laptops, IT peripherals, and furniture. We keep stock of high-spec devices for immediate deployment for roles like engineering. You can set team or location-specific policies and budgets and define leasing or purchasing options. Deel IT’s 24/7 support ensures new hires have immediate access to reliable IT assistance, reducing frustrations and minimizing downtime
• Coworking memberships: With Deel workspaces, your team can enjoy an all-access pass to 600+ WeWork locations. This pass includes meeting rooms, high-speed WiFi, and hot desks, enabling your workers to stay productive while they work remotely from anywhere in the world

Discover how Finder reduces HR admin by 20% and cuts onboarding time in half with Deel.

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Customize employee training and development

Effective employee development is crucial for integrating new hires and engaging existing staff. Deel simplifies this process by offering customized training solutions for new and current employees.

Deel equips organizations with the tools to facilitate upskilling and reskilling of global employees, fostering a culture of continuous growth and learning. By providing equitable opportunities, you empower employees to achieve their career growth goals, boosting motivation, productivity, and retention rates of top talent.

With Deel, you benefit from:

• Custom training courses: Create and manage engaging courses quickly with our AI-driven learning management system
• Performance management: Implement comprehensive feedback processes, including 360° reviews and OKRs, to ensure fair performance evaluations
• Career management: Offer clear, competency-based career progression frameworks that outline transparent paths for advancement
• Engagement surveys: Use surveys to regularly check in on workers and gather employee feedback on career development opportunities and remote interactions, allowing for targeted improvements

See also: How to Improve Employee Performance: 8 Actionable Strategies

Guarantee timely and flexible payments

Timely and reliable salary payments are crucial for employee satisfaction and a seamless global team experience. However, manual data entry and poor integration across various systems can lead to payroll errors, delays, and inconsistencies.

Deel Payroll streamlines payroll processes by automating payments, tax calculations, and other related tasks. It ensures employees are paid on time, regardless of their location. With one-click payments, salary processing delays are eliminated, providing an equitable payment experience for the entire team.

Key features include:

• Accurate and efficient payroll processing, ensuring all workers receive their correct paychecks on time
• Multiple payment methods in over 120 local currencies, including recommended Direct Debit, SWIFT, Wise, and Brex for international employees
• Employee empowerment to split salaries between accounts, view payslips, add business expenses, edit bank details, and log worked or overtime hours as needed
• Extended payroll cut-off dates and on-demand payroll, giving you more time to adjust payroll and provide exceptional financial support to employees

Discover how Fidel API automated payments in 120 currencies with Deel.

See also: Where You Can Run Payroll for International Employees with Deel

Provide work visa and relocation support

Remote and globally distributed teams require a diverse and mobile workforce to remain agile and competitive. To attract and retain top talent, organizations must support their employees in securing essential work visas and authorizations, facilitating relocation opportunities while ensuring compliance.

Deel Immigration offers comprehensive visa support to help your remote workforce thrive. Whether you need work authorizations for new hires, assistance relocating employees to your headquarters, or support for remote work from other countries, our in-house immigration experts manage the entire process seamlessly.

Key features include:

• Quick self-verification of employee visa eligibility
• EOR visa sponsorship for countries where you lack an entity
• Simple visa application tracking
• Exclusive discounts for relocation services
• Personalized one-on-one immigration support

Discover how Zip Co champions worker mobility saving time and money with Deel.

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Ensure an excellent global team experience with Deel

Deel is your all-in-one solution for hiring, managing, and paying a distributed workforce, ensuring a seamless employee experience. Discover how Deel can enhance your remote workforce—book a demo with our team today.