Services

Nearshoring advisory

Setting up operations in Poland is a great way to access some of the world’s best tech talent. But it can be difficult to know how and where to start. Which roles should you hire? Which operating model is right for you? Do you need an office? Will you set up your own company or work through a partner?

At MOTIFE, we help you define a nearshoring strategy that’s tailored to your ambitions, considering various factors such as the planned size of your team, your timelines, the services or products you develop, your technology stack, as well as your budget.

Building the right nearshoring strategy for you

We work collaboratively with you to select one of – or combine – the following nearshoring approaches and tailor them to suit your circumstances.

Own entity
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We help you establish a local legal entity and office, and we source the right candidates for you to employ directly. 

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Employer of Record
(EOR)

We help you find the right talent to work for you while being officially employed by MOTIFE, meaning there’s no need for you to set up an entity in Poland.

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Staff augmentation
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You engage with IT consultants in Poland to work with your HQ/onshore engineers.

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Our goal is to help you grow

We can build an optimal expansion strategy, adjusted to the risk you are willing to take

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What you can expect

As output from our collaboration, MOTIFE will help create a plan that includes:

a schedule and a list of key activities

key milestones and projected costs

a list of the profiles to hire

MOTIFE – the right choice

Nearshoring is a big decision that can imply additional overhead and risk. With our experience and intimate knowledge of the local market, we help you minimize both.
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Our team consists of people with extensive experience
‍in major IT companies with operations in Poland

We know how to make nearshoring work
‍and have a proven track record of helping organizations set up and thrive in Poland

We prepare and advise you on what to expect
and how to maximize the benefits of your nearshore operations

We provide recommendations based on extensive experience
‍on how to hire and set up your engineering operations to make the most of distributed development

We find people who are well suited
‍to working in a nearshore model, looking at both technical and soft skills

Trusted by great companies

Client story

Looking to scale up its engineering capabilities, Karhoo chose Poland and MOTIFE to provide end-to-end support in recruiting top talent and to set up a tech lab in Krakow.

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"When you are a small company and your focus is on growing your business, you need trusted partners to help accelerate what you do."

Bill Wilkins

Group CTO / CPO, Karhoo

Karhoo (Mobility-as-a-Service, UK)

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Services to help you get up and running

Co-creating a nearshoring strategy is just one way we can help you get started in Poland. In addition to advisory and consulting services, we provide end-to-end services to help and mature businesses alike scale up their global engineering capabilities.

Recruitment

Entity and operations setup

Office setup

Operations management

Questions clients ask about nearshoring strategies

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When to set up your own entity?
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If it is critical for you to protect your company’s culture and values, then you can only do it when running your own shop. Replicating your culture in a team that belongs to another organization is almost impossible.Also, if you want to build a long-term team of engineers that will stay for more than couple of months or years, setting up your own entity is a way to go. This will allow you to build a strong understanding of your business in the technical team and protect this investment.If you want to protect your intellectual property or work on some sensitive domain like security or fintech, you should set up a subsidiary, instead of outsourcing.If you want to build the valuation of your company and protect your core competency, having a satellite office is an option to consider.
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How does it work to have an offshore software lab?
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Once you make your decision, the rest is relatively easy. Thousands of companies decided to open software labs in Poland.There will be a limited liability company set up for you. It can be owned by designated individuals or by the parent company.Your Polish subsidiary will employ engineers on its payroll who will work full-time as your employees and be part of your engineering organization. The recruitment process will be carefuly defined together and executed mostly by MOTIFE team.You will have your office leased in one of the largest cities in Poland. Most of the companies start with a small serviced office.This Polish subsidiary will have a service contract signed with the parent company and deliver software services. There will be one invoice sent monthly by the subsidiary company to the HQ to cover the cost of the offshore entity.
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Isn’t it an overhead to have your own software lab instead of staff augmentation?
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The decision should be based on your long-term strategy. If you’re looking to have a strong team that you will grow over the years, you should consider your own software lab.MOTIFE helps with all elements of remote operations including entity setup, office rental, end-to-end recruitment as well as operations management and admin functions. This way we are the bridge between the comfort of using a software house and the value of having an in-house team

Your guide to hiring tech talent in Krakow and Poland

The Krakow IT Market Report 2023 is a comprehensive overview of the talent pool in Krakow and Poland. Packed with first-hand insight about hiring practices, costs of doing business, compensation, the local ecosystem, and more – it’s must-read material for any company looking to hire software engineers and other IT experts in Krakow or elsewhere in Poland.

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1 or 3 months
‍notice periods depend on length of employment with a given employer.

4.1K EUR
‍median gross monthly salary for a mid-level software engineer (in Krakow).

360K
software engineers and IT professionals in Poland.

60%
‍of IT jobs posted in Poland are remote.

Consider also

IT Recruitment

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Employer of Record (EOR)

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