No. We employ permanent staff on your behalf and we handle all legal employment responsibilities, such as payroll, taxes and pensions. But we also handle recruitment and HR, making us an end-to-end talent partner.
No. We are an end-to-end talent partner. We care about transparent remote hiring. We find, hire and manage permanent staff on your behalf, while you retain full control over your remote team.
No. We are an end-to-end talent partner, focused on efficient remote hiring. Recruitment is one part of our service, but we alsohire and manage remote staff on behalf of our clients.
We take care of all aspects of remote hiring for our clients - recruitment, hiring and HR. Our transparent pricing keeps cost super affordable.
Yes. Our recruitment team can scale to support you, so get in touch.
Yes. Starting small can be the right thing to do when building a remote team. It helps you to set up solid foundations before scaling in future.
Generally, yes as this is the most affordable way of building a global team, however we are able to support UK companies in achieving short- and long-term visas for Indian nationals.
We have clients all over the world, from UK to US, Europe to South Africa. Our hires can adapt their working hours to suit most time zones.
We work with start-ups, small-medium sized digital agencies, energy companies, tech services companies and large consulting businesses.
Most staff are willing to work flexibly to suit your business. India time zone is GMT+5.5 hrs (and GMT+4.5 hrs during British Summer Time).
Companies have been hiring Indian staff for decades. Indian staff are well educated and experienced in working internationally. Black Piano conducts credit and criminal record checks on all staff prior to hiring.
Quality is a problem in any region if the interview process is not thorough, if expectations are not well communicated, or if training and performance feedback is not regular. India has some of the most well educated and experienced talent in the world.
No. There are 1.3 billion talented people in India and the education system is brilliant. Black Piano can help you hire all sorts of roles, from creative to technical to finance to operations and administration.
India is globally the most affordable cost region to hire staff and has the single largest population of educated people in the world.
We support two incredible causes. WheelPower, the national organisation for wheelchair sports in the UK, and Dasve Public School in Lavasa India.
Yes. Black Piano has comprehensive employers’ liability, professional indemnity, public and products liability, property, legal protection and management liability insurance.
Black Piano has a 98% staff retention rate. This is exceptionally high and a result of years of experience in hiring and managing remote staff. Partnering with Black Piano ensures that staff turnover is never an issue in your remote team.
Mostly from home. We support all staff to work effectively from home. Staff are also welcome to work from our Black Piano office in Pune, India.
We are a British business. Our CEO (Jonathan), sales, marketing and account management team is based in London. Our Director of Operations (Abhishek), recruiters and HR managers are based in India, in a city called Pune. Our staff live all around India and work mostly from home. We hire exclusively in India.
If you are a UK business, then yes. If you are a business registered outside of the UK, then no.
No, we are focused on bespoke remote hiring. After probation, 2-months’ notice can be given at any point, unless you’re on our annual plan.
Yes. Although the best value is achieved by hiring permanent staff into long-term roles, we can help you find and hire short-term staff using our contractor network.
No. All staff are hired on full-time contracts.
You can pay in GBP, USD and EUR.
All hires are outside of IR35 regulations.
Black Piano is the legal employer of all remote staff.
No. You pay a single monthly fee to Black Piano. Black Piano then pays all staff salaries.
Our management fee covers laptop and equipment, internet connectivity, office space, home office set-up, payroll, benefits, healthcare, pension, talent sourcing and HR management.
Our transparent pricing model has two components. The first is staff salary. The second is a small, monthly management fee. No recruitment fees. No up-front fees. No ‘starting’ fees. No hidden fees.
No. Start-ups, small and medium sized businesses can reduce costs and improve efficiency by embracing remote hiring. Black Piano works with small, medium and large businesses, across industries such as technology, creative, finance, marketing, healthcare and more.
No. In fact, it’s often good to start small, stabilise, and grow your remote team incrementally.
The candidate market is very fluid, so an efficient interview process is important. Usually once a client has made the decision to hire, first round interviews will start within 3-5 working days. Selection is often made within another 3-5 days. Start date is usually 3-5 days after selection. A 3-4 week total duration is typical.
We encourage our clients to follow a similar interview process when hiring remotely as they would a local hire. We will help you to shape an interview process that makes sense for your business, including video recordings, video interviews, technical tasks and live tasks.
You manage the staff from a day-to-day delivery perspective, which means it’s your responsibility to direct, keep busy and provide training and feedback. We take care of all HR management, including payroll, benefits and reward & recognition.
No. We believe in a personalised service, delivered by human beings. You’ll work with our recruiters and people managers and they’ll do all the work behind the scenes so you don’t have to.