{"id":3760,"date":"2024-02-26T09:20:37","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T09:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/?p=3760"},"modified":"2025-10-17T12:25:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T10:25:27","slug":"how-useme-helped-skrivanek-in-borderless-hiring-case-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/how-useme-helped-skrivanek-in-borderless-hiring-case-study\/","title":{"rendered":"How Useme helped Skrivanek in borderless hiring | Case study"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_79_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"cursor:pointer\">Table of contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/how-useme-helped-skrivanek-in-borderless-hiring-case-study\/#Eliminating_language_barriers_and_supporting_clients_worldwide_in_achieving_their_business_goals_%E2%80%93_this_is_the_companys_aim\" >Eliminating language barriers and supporting clients worldwide in achieving their business goals &#8211; this is the company\u2019s aim<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/how-useme-helped-skrivanek-in-borderless-hiring-case-study\/#Traditional_settlements_posed_significant_administrative_challenges\" >Traditional settlements posed significant administrative challenges\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/how-useme-helped-skrivanek-in-borderless-hiring-case-study\/#We_felt_it_was_high_time_for_significant_changes\" >We felt it was high time for significant changes<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/how-useme-helped-skrivanek-in-borderless-hiring-case-study\/#From_now_on_were_working_without_borders_%E2%80%93_literally\" >From now on, we&#8217;re working without borders \u2013 literally\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/how-useme-helped-skrivanek-in-borderless-hiring-case-study\/#Useme_adapted_to_our_needs\" >Useme adapted to our needs<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/how-useme-helped-skrivanek-in-borderless-hiring-case-study\/#Whats_next\" >What&#8217;s next?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Eliminating_language_barriers_and_supporting_clients_worldwide_in_achieving_their_business_goals_%E2%80%93_this_is_the_companys_aim\"><\/span><b>Eliminating language barriers and supporting clients worldwide in achieving their business goals &#8211; this is the company\u2019s aim<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skrivanek.pl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skrivanek&#8217;s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> clients range from small businesses to large corporations, as well as public institutions, government and non-government organizations, development studios, advertising agencies, and even private individuals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the use of translation services provided by the company, clients can develop their international relationships, expand their market reach, address communication challenges, and gain access to previously unavailable data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read how Magdalena Pluta, Vendor Community Team Manager at Skrivanek, describes their collaboration with Useme.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Traditional_settlements_posed_significant_administrative_challenges\"><\/span><b>Traditional settlements posed significant administrative challenges\u00a0<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our company heavily relies on <a href=\"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/how-to-manage-freelancers\/\">freelancers<\/a>, numbering around 3000. Not all of them have their own companies, which leads to the need to settle based on specific work contracts. This process was time-consuming and involved a lot of work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Traditional settlements were a real headache, not just in terms of paperwork and organization but also in terms of our company&#8217;s green approach. Skrivanek specializes in language services, primarily delivered online. Every minor service, e.g., translating a single sentence or checking texts for language accuracy, which valued for a couple of dollars, required a separate work contract. This meant tons of paperwork \u2013 checking, sending, receiving, accounting, settling, you name it, not to mention the amount of paper required for such settlements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In our case, the<a href=\"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/administrative-tasks-when-working-with-freelancers\/\"> administrative workload<\/a> was even greater, considering that our subcontractors come from around the world. <a href=\"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/how-to-hire-and-pay-foreign-freelancers\/\">Each country they reside in requires freelancers to follow different regulations.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Settling deals also consumed the time of our accounting staff. Before starting a translation project, we had to<a href=\"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/hire-freelancers-payments-formalities-law\/\"> understand how to settle it<\/a> with a particular freelancer, causing delays in the entire process.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"We_felt_it_was_high_time_for_significant_changes\"><\/span><b>We felt it was high time for significant changes<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Restructuring was necessary. We began exploring ways to introduce conveniences and improvements in settling deals with our language service providers. Simultaneously, we aimed to maintain our existing team &#8211; we did not plan to hire additional employees. We wanted to significantly shorten settlement times and streamline the process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our company often has individual projects requiring knowledge of rare languages. We collaborate with freelancers who see language services as their additional source of income. Such projects do not <a href=\"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/freelancer-vs-employee-advantages-of-hiring-freelancers\/\">allow hiring freelancers full-time<\/a>, so we were on the lookout for an alternative to traditional contracts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3762\" src=\"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/how-useme-helped-skrivanek-in-borderless-hiring-case-study-1.jpg\" alt=\"case study Useme\" width=\"1120\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/how-useme-helped-skrivanek-in-borderless-hiring-case-study-1.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/how-useme-helped-skrivanek-in-borderless-hiring-case-study-1-980x494.jpg 980w, https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/how-useme-helped-skrivanek-in-borderless-hiring-case-study-1-480x242.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1120px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"From_now_on_were_working_without_borders_%E2%80%93_literally\"><\/span><b>From now on, we&#8217;re working without borders \u2013 literally\u00a0<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we discovered Useme, new possibilities opened for collaborating with <a href=\"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/who-is-a-subcontractor\/\">subcontractors<\/a> in individual projects. <a href=\"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/outsourcing-101-what-it-is-and-why-its-important\/\">Outsourcing<\/a> individual tasks related to niche languages became less time-consuming for us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From now on, we can collaborate with a greater number of freelancers and expand our talent pool, which is crucial in our industry. Our clients are bringing us more and more unconventional requests that fall beyond the scope of what freelancers on B2B contracts can cover. We look for freelancers with experience and skills, without worrying how to settle a particular deal. Useme has become a great alternative to complicated and time-consuming civil law contracts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are confident that we can settle invoices in our country with any subcontractor worldwide. The recruitment process and subsequent collaboration are not restricted by the method of settlement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we informed freelancers about Useme, they reacted positively. We created a dedicated step-by-step instruction for them on how to issue invoices. They appreciate that the money is in their accounts so quickly after completing the work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3765\" src=\"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/how-useme-helped-skrivanek-in-borderless-hiring-case-study-2.jpg\" alt=\"case study Useme\" width=\"1120\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/how-useme-helped-skrivanek-in-borderless-hiring-case-study-2.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/how-useme-helped-skrivanek-in-borderless-hiring-case-study-2-980x494.jpg 980w, https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/how-useme-helped-skrivanek-in-borderless-hiring-case-study-2-480x242.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1120px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Useme_adapted_to_our_needs\"><\/span><b>Useme adapted to our needs<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Initially, we had some concerns about the process of uploading the full work by freelancers to Useme. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We must keep things confidential in front of our clients, so we couldn&#8217;t accept sharing complete works with the service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since legal rules state that a client&#8217;s confirmation of the completion of a work is enough to settle this work, besides the work itself, we reached an agreement with Useme on this. Instead of uploading the whole work, we use a special form to confirm that the work has been done. This way, freelancers can settle the work through the service without worrying about sharing anything.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3766 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/how-useme-helped-skrivanek-in-borderless-hiring-case-study-3.jpg\" alt=\"case study Useme\" width=\"1120\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/how-useme-helped-skrivanek-in-borderless-hiring-case-study-3.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/how-useme-helped-skrivanek-in-borderless-hiring-case-study-3-980x336.jpg 980w, https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/how-useme-helped-skrivanek-in-borderless-hiring-case-study-3-480x165.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1120px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whats_next\"><\/span><b>What&#8217;s next?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The language services market is changing dynamically. We are currently implementing new AI-related services and will undoubtedly be looking for providers with experience to support us in this direction. Useme will significantly facilitate our collaboration with subcontractors who want to remain in their current positions and only share a fragment of their time with us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We highly recommend using the service to everyone who wants to dedicate time to growing their business instead of wasting it on settling deals with freelancers. The convenience of the entire freelancer settlement process is the service&#8217;s greatest advantage. It is worth noting that Useme has an interesting way of settling all freelancers within one invoice and one bulk payment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skrivanek offers various language services such as written translations, conference support, website and online store translations, software and game localization, post-editing, machine translations, foreign language teaching, language audits, and other services for HR departments. If you want to use their services, visit<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skrivanek.pl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.skrivanek.pl<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to explore their detailed offer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If, like Skrivanek, you value streamlining business processes, and want to avoid spending time on administrative tasks related to settling freelancers, hand over your duties to us and settle deals with freelancers without signing contracts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><span id=\"hs-cta-wrapper-4f07f556-e366-4bd5-86e3-3780ec4fa49b\" class=\"hs-cta-wrapper\"><span id=\"hs-cta-4f07f556-e366-4bd5-86e3-3780ec4fa49b\" class=\"hs-cta-node hs-cta-4f07f556-e366-4bd5-86e3-3780ec4fa49b\"><!-- [if lte IE 8]>\n\n\n<div id=\"hs-cta-ie-element\"><\/div>\n\n\n<![endif]--><a href=\"https:\/\/hubspot-cta-redirect-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com\/cta\/redirect\/27198211\/4f07f556-e366-4bd5-86e3-3780ec4fa49b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"hs-cta-img-4f07f556-e366-4bd5-86e3-3780ec4fa49b\" class=\"hs-cta-img\" style=\"border-width: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/hubspot-no-cache-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com\/cta\/default\/27198211\/4f07f556-e366-4bd5-86e3-3780ec4fa49b.png\" alt=\"New call-to-action\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><!-- end HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check how, with our assistance, this translation agency made borderless hiring a reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":3761,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,108],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-for-employers","category-case-study-employers"],"modified_by":"\u017baneta","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3760"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3817,"href":"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3760\/revisions\/3817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}