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Spotship’s 30-Day Hiring and Cost-Saving Win with Offshore Talent
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Penbrothers Employee
87%
Employee Retention
2022
Client Tenure
89%
Financial Savings
Key Results
- Boosted Productivity
- Faster Hiring Turnaround
- 89% Average Cost Savings
Remote Team in 30 Days, Boosted Productivity with Offshore Hiring
How Spotship saved 89% and hired fast with Penbrothers.
Key Results
- Boosted Productivity
- Faster Hiring Turnaround
- 89% Average Cost Savings
Who is Spot Ship
- Next-gen maritime logistics platform simplifying dry bulk shipping with AI-driven analytics and user-friendly tools.
- Headquartered in Lisbon, serving brokers, charterers, and shipowners globally.
- Reduces decision-making time by up to 90%, enhancing accuracy and sustainability in support of maritime digital transformation and emission reduction goals.
The Challenge
Increasing Need for Data Encoders
Sourcing people locally for administrative tasks would require more resources from Spot Ship’s end such as time, cost, and focus which can be allocated more strategically.
Ensuring Productivity in a Remote Setup
Spotship needed to ensure strong performance from a distributed team without in-person supervision.
The Solution
End-to-End Hiring and HR Management
Penbrothers provided Spotship with a complete hiring and HR operations solution, handling recruitment, payroll, tax compliance, and employee benefits. This allowed Spotship to scale efficiently without the overhead of setting up local HR infrastructure.
Fast, High-Quality Talent Endorsements
With Penbrothers’ consultative hiring approach, Spotship received top candidate endorsements quickly, speeding up recruitment and filling key roles quickly.
Structured Onboarding and Performance Alignment
Penbrothers supported Spotship’s remote team with clear onboarding processes, defined KPIs, and ongoing guidance, ensuring remote hires were set up for success from day one.
“The quality of Penbrothers’ endorsements and quick turnaround time for hiring are impressive!”
Henry Waterfield
Founder & CEO, Spot Ship
The Result
Boosted Productivity
Remote team members consistently delivered strong results, significantly increasing overall team output.
Faster Hiring Turnaround
Penbrothers enabled quick talent endorsements, allowing Spotship to fill roles in less than 30 days.
89% Average Cost Savings
Spotship reduced hiring costs by an average of 89% per role through offshore staffing with Penbrothers.
Team
Conclusion
- Provided Spot Ship with comprehensive offshore staffing support—from recruitment to HR management, eliminating the need for local HR infrastructure.|
- Enabled Spot Ship to redirect internal resources towards strategic growth initiatives while maintaining high productivity in a remote environment.
- Achieved 80% cost savings per role and filled key positions within 30 days, significantly boosting business agility.
- Reinforced that offshore staffing can deliver rapid scalability without sacrificing quality or efficiency.
“We wanted to increase our productivity levels without compromising professionalism. We found exactly that with Penbrothers. The quality of their endorsements and quick turnaround time for hiring are impressive!"
Henry Waterfield
Founder & CEO, Spot Ship
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