COMPARE ENGAGEMENT MODELS

Three Stages. One Path to Ownership.

Most companies start with EOR or Managed Operations and move into BOT once the operation becomes strategic. The useful question isn't which model is best. It's where you are now and where you want to end up.

AT A GLANCE

How the Models Compare

	Employer of Record	Managed Operations	Build-Operate-Transfer	Your Own Entity (After Transfer)
The Idea	Hire compliantly. Start lean.	Build a dedicated team with the platform around it.	Build with ownership as the intended end state.	Own and operate the team directly, on your own registered entity.
Best When	You need to hire quickly, validate the market, or begin with a smaller team.	The team is becoming larger, more embedded, or operationally important.	You're building a strategic offshore operation you ultimately expect to control directly.	The operation has proven itself and ownership is the right next step.
What Marquee Provides	Compliant employment, payroll and statutory administration, HR support, recruitment support when needed.	The local platform to build and support an integrated team — recruitment, HR, workplace, IT, ongoing operations.	The team, operating environment, infrastructure, governance, and transition framework to move from build to stable operation — and eventually transfer.	A completed transfer — the team, systems and governance move to your entity, built to operate without Marquee.
Work Arrangement	Remote	In-Office	Remote, Hybrid or In-Office	Same as before transfer — the arrangement doesn't change at handover.
Entity Required?	No — Marquee is your compliant employer of record.	No — Marquee provides the operating platform around your team.	Not immediately — Marquee builds toward the entity and transfer readiness you'll eventually need.	Yes — this is the entity BOT was built to transfer into.
Who Controls the Team Day to Day	You direct the work; Marquee is the employer of record.	You direct the work; Marquee manages the operating environment.	Increasingly you, as governance transfers ahead of the entity itself.	You, entirely.
Who Holds the Process Knowledge	You — the team works inside your processes.	Shared — Marquee runs day-to-day operations, documented for eventual handover.	Increasingly you, as documentation and governance transfer ahead of the entity.	You — fully documented and in-house.
Dependence on Marquee	Employment only.	High — Marquee runs the operating environment.	Declines over time, toward transfer.	None.
Path to Ownership	Can move into Managed Operations as the team grows.	Can move into BOT when ready for ownership.	Ownership is the intended end state from day one.	The destination — the operation is now fully yours.
Typical Fit	One or a few roles, or a low-complexity entry into the Philippines.	Multiple roles or functions, needing more than employment alone.	Meaningful scale, strategic importance, real intent to eventually own the operation.	Companies that have completed a BOT transfer and now run the operation themselves.

Employer of Record

The Idea: Hire compliantly. Start lean.
Best When: You need to hire quickly, validate the market, or begin with a smaller team.
What Marquee Provides: Compliant employment, payroll and statutory administration, HR support, recruitment support when needed.
Work Arrangement: Remote
Entity Required?: No — Marquee is your compliant employer of record.
Who Controls the Team Day to Day: You direct the work; Marquee is the employer of record.
Who Holds the Process Knowledge: You — the team works inside your processes.
Dependence on Marquee: Employment only.
Path to Ownership: Can move into Managed Operations as the team grows.
Typical Fit: One or a few roles, or a low-complexity entry into the Philippines.

Managed Operations

The Idea: Build a dedicated team with the platform around it.
Best When: The team is becoming larger, more embedded, or operationally important.
What Marquee Provides: The local platform to build and support an integrated team — recruitment, HR, workplace, IT, ongoing operations.
Work Arrangement: In-Office
Entity Required?: No — Marquee provides the operating platform around your team.
Who Controls the Team Day to Day: You direct the work; Marquee manages the operating environment.
Who Holds the Process Knowledge: Shared — Marquee runs day-to-day operations, documented for eventual handover.
Dependence on Marquee: High — Marquee runs the operating environment.
Path to Ownership: Can move into BOT when ready for ownership.
Typical Fit: Multiple roles or functions, needing more than employment alone.

Build-Operate-Transfer

The Idea: Build with ownership as the intended end state.
Best When: You're building a strategic offshore operation you ultimately expect to control directly.
What Marquee Provides: The team, operating environment, infrastructure, governance, and transition framework to move from build to stable operation — and eventually transfer.
Work Arrangement: Remote, Hybrid or In-Office
Entity Required?: Not immediately — Marquee builds toward the entity and transfer readiness you'll eventually need.
Who Controls the Team Day to Day: Increasingly you, as governance transfers ahead of the entity itself.
Who Holds the Process Knowledge: Increasingly you, as documentation and governance transfer ahead of the entity.
Dependence on Marquee: Declines over time, toward transfer.
Path to Ownership: Ownership is the intended end state from day one.
Typical Fit: Meaningful scale, strategic importance, real intent to eventually own the operation.

Your Own Entity (After Transfer)

The Idea: Own and operate the team directly, on your own registered entity.
Best When: The operation has proven itself and ownership is the right next step.
What Marquee Provides: A completed transfer — the team, systems and governance move to your entity, built to operate without Marquee.
Work Arrangement: Same as before transfer — the arrangement doesn't change at handover.
Entity Required?: Yes — this is the entity BOT was built to transfer into.
Who Controls the Team Day to Day: You, entirely.
Who Holds the Process Knowledge: You — fully documented and in-house.
Dependence on Marquee: None.
Path to Ownership: The destination — the operation is now fully yours.
Typical Fit: Companies that have completed a BOT transfer and now run the operation themselves.

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