How Stripe scaled to 28 countries in 48 hours
Stripe replaced months of entity setup with a single Vectis EOR contract — unlocking compliant hiring in 28 markets overnight and saving $2.4M in legal costs.
Scaling globally was too slow and too expensive
Stripe's hypergrowth demanded international engineering talent faster than entity setup could deliver. Each new country represented months of legal work and six-figure setup costs — a bottleneck that was costing Stripe talent to competitors.
- Entity setup taking 3–6 months per country
- Local legal fees averaging $80k+ per market entry
- Compliance risk with contractors in 12+ countries
- No unified visibility into global headcount
One platform to hire anywhere, instantly
Vectis replaced the patchwork of local entities and legal advisors with a single EOR agreement covering 28 countries. Stripe's People Ops team now hires, onboards, and pays international employees in a unified platform.
- EOR in 28 countries under a single MSA
- Vecta™ AI handling compliance Q&A 24/7
- Automated payroll in local currencies
- Unified dashboard across all employee records
"Vectis transformed how we scale our international engineering teams. We went from weeks of entity setup to hiring top talent in 28 countries within 48 hours. The compliance confidence alone is worth every penny."
From bottleneck to scale in weeks
Entity setup, local legal fees, and compliance research were consuming 3–6 months before a single hire could be made in a new country.
Stripe's People Ops team was fully onboarded to the Vectis platform in under a week with dedicated implementation support.
Engineers in Germany and Singapore were onboarded compliantly within 48 hours — the fastest international hiring Stripe had ever done.
With a single contract and platform, Stripe had compliant teams across Europe, APAC, and LATAM.
"The Vectis platform is the most intuitive EOR tool we've used. Our HR team onboarded in a day and our employees consistently rate the experience 4.9/5."
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