SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Deel, the remote recruiting company breaking down employment barriers worldwide, today announced two steps to help Deel and its clients build a culture within distributed teams. The company acquired Roots, an HR software platform that enables remote organizations to collaborate more effectively and reduce burnout. Deel also hired Casey Bailey, an HR veteran who previously held senior development roles at high-growth companies like Divvy and Uber.
Deel empowers over 6,000 businesses to hire, pay and comply with local laws overseas. Its technology delivers the human resources, payroll, compliance, benefits and perks needed to hire and manage a global team. With remote working and international hiring accelerating, Deel is not just imagining the future of work for its clients; he’s also trying to scale his own organization remotely, one that spans different geographies, time zones, and cultures. Hiring Bailey puts her at the forefront of the global conversation about how businesses are meeting and taking advantage of these challenges.
“As a people leader, a critical part of my role is to see the future of work and lead the company towards that future. Deel is building that future. I’m excited to help Deel, our customers and the entire HR industry to shape what this new world of distributed work will look like,” said Casey Bailey, Head of People.
To help Deel and its customers make remote work work, Deel purchased Roots for an undisclosed sum. Roots’ technology integrates with internal communication tools like Slack and Microsoft Teams to help distributed teams around the world engage with each other in more meaningful ways. With Roots’ various products – PTOs, 1-on-1s, Onboarding, Social Connections and Candidate Referrals – companies can streamline processes to positively impact employee well-being and productivity and reduce burnout. . The Roots team joins Deel and their technology will be made available to all Deel customers in the coming months.
“Deel’s vision is to make work ‘work’ for anyone, no matter where they live or what they love to do. In a more distributed world and workplace, building a strong culture, increasing collaboration, reducing burnout, and doubling inclusiveness across borders is yet to be determined. Roots can help Deel and its customers solve these problems,” said Kevin Corliss, Founder and CEO of Roots.
About the roots
Roots develops software products to help companies better manage and engage their workforce. Company message-based apps – including PTO, 1-on-1s, Onboarding, Social Connections and Candidate Referrals – streamline HR processes to positively impact employee well-being, productivity and retention. employees. Roots is used in over 65 countries by clients like Gitlab, Toptal, Miro, and Affinity. To learn more, visit www.tryroots.io.
About Deel
Deel is a leading global compliance and payroll solution that helps companies hire anyone, anywhere. Deel’s technology delivers unparalleled payroll, HR, compliance, benefits, benefits, and other capabilities needed to hire and manage a global team.
Using a technology-enabled self-service process, Deel clients can hire independent contractors and full-time employees in over 150 countries, compliantly and in minutes. With over 250 legal, accounting, mobility and tax experts as partners, Deel enables any business to create, sign and send compliant localized contracts from a library of templates and payroll teams in over 120 currencies with just one click.
Founded in 2019 by Alex Bouaziz and Shuo Wang, Deel is a fully distributed company with employees based around the world. Learn more about Deel here.
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