Scaling global talent with ease – how Flowla secured 100% HR visibility with Remote

Flowla collaborates with sales and customer success teams to manage complex, human-led customer journeys via personalised digital sales rooms. As the business grew, they needed a way to recruit top talent regardless of location while keeping administrative processes efficient.

Through a partnership with Remote, Flowla moved from a remote-first startup to a growing hybrid organisation with a streamlined, compliant global workforce.

The challenge: managing a growing global team without the administrative burden

Flowla fostered a remote-first culture from day one because the co-founders were spread across different cities. As the company expanded, they prioritised recruiting people in overlapping time zones to enable synchronous collaboration.

Yet managing a blend of contractors and employees across multiple countries using only spreadsheets became unsustainable as the business scaled. Flowla required a centralised system to handle onboarding, time-off requests and local compliance without being overwhelmed by manual paperwork.

"We stopped using spreadsheets because we needed somewhere for staff to lodge time-off requests and for me to oversee everything from a single dashboard."

Erdem Gelal, Co-founder

The solution: a single platform for global hiring and HR management

Flowla selected Remote to deliver a consistent, straightforward experience for every team member, no matter their preferred employment arrangement.

Remote Employer of Record (EOR)

To employ international staff who need formal payroll records for personal purposes, such as mortgage applications, Flowla uses Remote's EOR services. Remote manages the complex local procedures—work permits and compliance requirements—in jurisdictions like Germany. This is vital because non-compliance in highly regulated markets such as Germany can lead to fines of up to €30,000 per employee.

Remote Contractor Management

For team members who prefer contractor status, Remote automatically drafts localised, compliant contracts. That keeps Flowla protected while giving flexibility to its global talent pool.

Remote HR Management

Flowla implemented Remote HR Management to bring all team members together. This enables leadership to view and manage everyone—from hybrid staff in London to remote engineers in Egypt—from a single source of truth.

"Integrating HRIS with payroll and contractor management is essential. When these functions were handled separately we reverted to spreadsheets, so having one platform for all employee types is crucial."

Erdem Gelal, Co-founder

The impact: frictionless onboarding and peace of mind

By centralising its global employment with Remote, Flowla removed much of the friction that typically accompanies international growth. Leadership now spends less time on administrative tasks and more time driving business outcomes.

Operational efficiency: Managing global payroll once demanded 10 hours of admin work; it is now a monthly routine taking only 5 minutes. Flowla pays one single invoice to Remote, which covers all global payments and multiple currencies.

Compliance and stability: Beyond avoiding potential fines of up to €30,000, Flowla strengthened investor confidence. Remote's compliance standards were a decisive advantage when their global contracts were reviewed during legal due diligence, providing stability for their international expansion.

"Remote gives us peace of mind. It creates a smooth onboarding process for people worldwide and provides a single invoice to cover all our international payments."

Erdem Gelal, Co-founder