Conrad: Deel and Remote rely on third-party payroll systems country by country
Parker Conrad · Rippling CEO Parker Conrad's Theory of the Compound Startup: Disrupting How We Think About Software · Jun 27, 2023 · at 16:23
Parker Conrad, CEO of Rippling, is asked at SaaStr why customers should choose Rippling over dedicated international payroll competitors like Deel or Remote.
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“Companies like Deal and like Remote actually have not built underlying global payroll or payroll really of any kind. And so those companies are sort of secretly running on Other payroll systems country by country.”
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