​What’s been the hardest part about hiring internationally

I’ve been building a small remote team over the past year and started hiring outside my home country. At first it felt like a great move, better talent and more flexibility. But once we got into the day to day, things got more complicated than I expected.

Stuff like payroll, contracts, compliance, and even time zones started slowing things down. In some countries everything works fine, then in others it feels like every step takes extra effort or breaks somewhere.

For anyone else hiring internationally, what’s been the hardest part for you? What took the most time to figure out as you scaled?