Deel EOR review

We proved the european tools work and people STILL reach for the american ones. i'm losing it (rant post)

“switched the eor from deel to workmotion and our test tooling off browserstack onto askui. both were their own pile of paperwork but they went through. bill's down. legal finally sleeps at night. nothing broke.”

AI summary: Deel is mentioned only as a prior EOR the author switched away from to WorkMotion for GDPR reasons; the post is a rant about European vs. American SaaS tools, not an evaluation of Deel's EOR service.

my salary was actually under highly skilled migrant threshold, deel.com horror story

“Deel suddenly reached out after an internal audit and admitted my salary was below the legal threshold. They sent me a new contract with the corrected salary now and told me they will adjust the previous pay slips retrospectively.”

AI summary: Employee hired via Deel as EOR in the Netherlands had salary set below the legally required Highly Skilled Migrant threshold despite warning Deel; Deel only caught the error after an internal audit nearly a year later, creating immigration compliance risk.

How I spent more than $60K in less than a month

“$8K - Accounting Setup (Pilot.com - investors wanted clean books)”

AI summary: Founder mentions using Deel for international payroll as part of a $18K first-hire spend after closing pre-seed funding — factual cost mention, no strong praise or complaint.

Why is payroll tech more expensive than actual payment processing?

“First deel invoice comes in: $7,200 in fees. that's $600 per contractor just for EOR services. Not including the actual salaries, just the fee to pay them.”

AI summary: Ops worker at a startup is shocked that Deel's EOR service costs $600/contractor/month, totalling $7,200/month for 12 contractors, which blew their budget and cut runway by 4 months.

Looking for a job? Avoid Deel

“Sending a warning out there to my payroll colleagues looking for a job or a job change to avoid Deel. We are underpaid, under appreciated, overworked generally in the payroll industry, the least we can do is stick together and warn for crappy employers.”

AI summary: A current or former Deel payroll employee warns job-seekers to avoid Deel, citing overwork, poor platform quality, lack of testing, and dismissive management culture.

Money laundering+ Ponzi claims over at Deel... How is it going Deel reps???

“I continue to be shocked by companies. Saw the news today. Who is affected by this or how is this shaking out ???? Article; Deel, a human resources and payroll startup founded by MIT alumni Alex Bouaziz and Shuo Wang, has been accused of a money laundering…”

AI summary: Post discusses a federal lawsuit accusing Deel of facilitating money transfers for a Ponzi scheme, raising AML and sanctions compliance concerns.

Anyone else seen that LinkedIn post ripping apart one of the big EOR names? [N/A]

“the ongoing support has been rough, like ticket response times that make you wonder if the help desk is just a haunted server room, and payslip discrepancies we had to flag twice before they got corrected.”

AI summary: User reports poor ongoing support, payslip discrepancies requiring multiple corrections, and discovering their German employee was employed through an unknown third-party partner entity rather than a Deel-owned one, eroding trust.

I just found out I lost £17,000 in almost 3 years without anyone telling me. EOR employees, check your salary.

“I took this to HR. Their response was essentially "we'll start tracking this going forward." Almost 3 years of drift gone.”

AI summary: Employee hired via Deel in Kenya warns that EOR contracts denominated in local currency can silently erode GBP-benchmarked salaries due to exchange-rate drift, citing a personal £17,000 cumulative shortfall over ~3 years.

Looking for Deel alternatives

“paying $599/month per international employee is getting real old real fast. we've got 4 people overseas and that's almost $2400/month just so they can... get paid? support takes forever when stuff actually breaks too.”

AI summary: User complains that Deel's $599/month per employee EOR pricing is too expensive and that support is slow when issues arise.

Warning about using Remote as EOR [N/A]

“If the company sells itself like a software product, you shouldn't trust it with high-stakes, zero fail processes in your company.”

AI summary: Author warns against using Deel (and similar 'new' EORs) in high-compliance countries like Germany, citing lack of real experienced local support.

Anyone who switched from Remofirst to Deel? Why?

“The contractor pricing is half of what it is on Deel. I have \~90 contractors. I could be saving about $2400 a month.”

AI summary: Commenter notes Deel's contractor pricing is roughly double RemoFirst's and calculates significant potential savings, implying Deel is expensive.

Closed our Series A and immediately had a European compliance problem

“the core tension is speed, since entity setup takes several months minimum per country and we don't have that runway if leadership wants to hit Q4.”

AI summary: Fintech HR lead post-Series A is evaluating Deel (alongside Workmotion and Remote) as an EOR option for 6 EU hires, seeking advice on whether EOR is a long-term structure or a bridge to entity setup.

Despido atraves de Deel (EOR)

“A mí modo de ver, a ojos de la legislación española, tu empleador es Deel y ellos son los que tienen que cumplir dichas leyes.”

Translation: “In my view, in the eyes of Spanish law, your employer is Deel, and they are the ones who must comply with those laws.”

AI summary: Deel-employed worker in Spain argues that under Spanish law Deel is the legal employer and is therefore responsible for paying severance if the end client in Dubai doesn't provide the funds.

Warning about using Remote as EOR [N/A]

“I have first hand experience with both Remote and Deel screwing EOR up for clients and we had to go clean it up.”

AI summary: Author states firsthand knowledge of Deel mishandling EOR for clients, requiring third-party remediation.

Best EOR for international contractors?

“We switched to Columbus EOR, and it’s been a good experience so far. They only charge around $179 per employee per month, which was a huge drop from what Deel and the others were quoting. Honestly, I was skeptical at first, but they’ve been reliable and…”

AI summary: Author switched away from Deel (among others) citing high pricing, implying Deel was more expensive than the $179/month alternative they chose.

Despido atraves de Deel (EOR)

“se que no podre tocar a la otra empresa y toda reclamación será a Deel”

Translation: “I know I won't be able to go after the other company and any claims will be directed at Deel.”

AI summary: Employee acknowledges that any employment claim from a dismissal will be directed at Deel as the EOR, not the end client.

PEO Provider recommendations please [CT]

AI summary: Briefly recommends Deel for companies with a mix of contractors and full-time employees.

Deel EOR - OMG they are bad

“They totally screwed up my onboarding, which ended up with me being put on an emergency tax code. The taxman gleefully overtaxed me, so no I will have to file a return and wait for a year to get that money back.”

AI summary: Employee forced onto Deel EOR reports multiple serious failures: no human support, statutory-minimum contract terms, botched onboarding causing wrong tax code, late expense reimbursement, and broken pension setup.

Anyone else hired via Deel?

“The EOR provider doesn't really affect your day to day experience much.”

AI summary: Commenter notes Deel defaults to statutory minimums unless the client company configures enhanced terms, advising employees to negotiate directly with the hiring company.

Which EOR should I choose: Deel, Remote, or Rivermate?

“Used Rivermate for hiring in Brazil and it was a solid choice. Their Brazil compliance team knows CLT laws well handled some complex questions without me having to escalate through support tiers like with Deel.”

AI summary: Commenter mentions Deel negatively in passing, noting its support requires escalating through multiple tiers compared to Rivermate's more direct compliance help.

Legit and reliable EOR player ?

“I ended up choosing Deel after spending too much time reading reviews and doing comparisons on Employ Borderless. I liked that they were clear about what countries they cover and their platform looked easier to use than a lot of the others.”

AI summary: Author chose Deel after research, finds support sometimes slow but reports compliant operations, on-time payments, and smooth onboarding of their first international hire.

Slasify vs Deel for a 30-person team across Asia and Europe, talk me through it to help me out please

“At the point of choosing an EOR for an upcoming wave of hiring, demos booked with Slasify and Deel next week and reading both sites they sound similar. Our setup is 22 hires over 9 months, roughly 60% APAC (singapore, philippines, taiwan, vietnam, india) and…”

AI summary: Poster is evaluating Deel vs Slasify for 22 hires across APAC and Europe and asks whether Deel's broader scale vs Slasify's Asia strength is real or just marketing.

Despido atraves de Deel (EOR)

“guarda las conversaciones y demás sobretodo con deel. Y no firmes nada salvo poder salir del pais, dado que tendrán que negociar con tu empleador tu salida.”

Translation: “Save your conversations and everything else, especially with Deel. And don't sign anything unless you can leave the country, since they will have to negotiate your departure with your employer.”

AI summary: Advises the employee to keep records and not sign anything, noting Deel as the EOR stands to absorb costs if the employee loses the job.

🚨 Termination through Deel (EOR) in Spain – absurd severance offer, cut off mid-call

“A Spanish lawyer advised me against using an EOR contract due to its questionable legal standing.”

AI summary: Commenter notes Deel uses 'consulting' contracts in Spain due to EOR's questionable legal standing there, and a Spanish lawyer advised against using Deel-style EOR contracts.