Where do you find international hires?

It’s surprisingly easy to hire international talent, pay fair salaries, and keep your headcount budget in check. No company wants a reputation for hiring abroad and paying their global teams low wages, especially when those teams are performing critical duties. To make people feel appreciated while watching your bottom line, you need to know two things: where to hire and how much to pay.

How much do you pay international employees?

You want to pay fair wages. Unless you have very deep pockets, you probably can’t afford to pay everyone the rates you would if they lived in the most expensive markets. Basecamp actually does pay all its people at the 90th percentile of the San Francisco market. This strategy makes Basecamp competitive for the absolute best of the best, everywhere in the world—but it is very expensive.