Primework Group
Employment and support

Worker outsourcing
A process, not headcount.

We take over a carved-out part of your operation: we provide the team, the coordinator and the work organisation, and we carry accountability for the result. You pay for the service delivered – per pallet, tonne, item or area covered – instead of maintaining headcount, HR and cover for absences.

  • A ready team with an on-site coordinator
  • Settlement per output, not per attendance
  • HR, payroll and legalisation on our side
  • Performance measures written into the contract
Service at a glance
Model
Process outsourcing
Minimum scale
From about a dozen people
Launch
From 2–4 weeks
Pricing
Per unit of work
Management
Provider's coordinator
One coordinator through the whole process
01Definition

What worker outsourcing means

Outsourcing is buying a service, not hands. You carve out a repeatable process, we supply the team, the organisation and the coordination, and settlement is based on output. The split of roles must be real: our coordinator directs the team, your manager receives the result.

A carved-out scope

A process defined by boundaries, volume and measures – from material handover to acceptance of the result.

A team with a coordinator

Stable coverage, a shift leader and backfills organised by the service provider.

Settlement per result

An invoice for units of work or area covered, not for the number of people on a shift.

02Fit

Who this service is for

Plants with a repeatable process

Packing, co-packing, picking or sorting – the process can be carved out, described with a measure and handed to an external team.

Companies without supervision capacity

You lack team leaders and planners, and a growing blue-collar headcount overloads your shift managers.

Operations with variable volume

Seasons, peaks and fixed-term contracts – you need flexible capacity billed by output rather than by headcount.

Companies seeking predictable cost

You want a unit cost per process instead of adding up wages, absence, turnover and overtime.

03Comparison

Outsourcing versus temporary work

These are two different models and they are often confused. The choice has legal and cost consequences, so we always start by establishing which one fits your situation.

Who directs the work

Your company as the user employer

Our on-site coordinator

What you pay for

Hours worked by the assigned staff

The service delivered or unit of work

Accountability for results

Your work organisation

The service provider

Statutory limits

18 months within a 36-month period

No time limit for the service

When to choose it

When you need to staff your own posts

When you want to hand over a whole process

If you want to staff your own posts and manage the work yourself, the right model is the temporary employment agency.

04Scope

What exactly we do

We deliver the full package: people, work organisation, HR handling and reporting. Your team receives the result instead of managing the crew.

Team and recruitment

We build the crew from Poland and from Asian markets, matching people to the specific process and shift system.

Coordinator and work organisation

Our coordinator plans shifts, assigns tasks, runs instruction and is accountable for the agreed measures.

HR, payroll and social security

Contracts, payroll, contributions, leave, sick notes and pension scheme are handled entirely on our side.

Legalisation of foreign nationals

Type A work permits, national type D visas, residence cards and renewals with a deadline calendar.

Accommodation and transport

Housing, shift transport and first-day onboarding for workers arriving from abroad.

Performance reporting

Output, attendance, turnover and quality in a weekly report and in the monthly settlement of the service.

05Scopes

Processes we carve out most often

Outsourcing works where the work is repeatable, measurable and can be separated from the rest of the operation by an organisational boundary.

Picking and packing

Order picking, co-packing, labelling, shipment preparation and packing station coverage.

Production line support

Feeding components, simple assembly, visual inspection and taking finished goods off the line.

Warehouse operations

Goods-in and goods-out, replenishment, stocktaking and seasonal zone coverage.

Sorting and transloading

Sorting hubs, cross-docking, container unloading and palletising on a shift cycle.

Industrial cleaning

Cleaning of production and warehouse areas, machine washdowns and hygiene zone coverage.

Auxiliary production work

Workstation supply, packaging handling, internal transport and raw material preparation.

06Benefits

What your company gains

Outsourcing shifts to the provider not only recruitment but also day-to-day people management and turnover risk – usually the items that consume most of your managers' time.

Unit cost instead of headcount

You know the price per pallet, tonne or covered area. Volume swings do not mean redundancies and severance.

Accountability for results on our side

The contract is built on measures. Staffing, cover and output are our job, so the parameters are met.

Shift managers freed up

Daily planning, task allocation and people matters are taken over by our coordinator.

No HR workload

Contracts, payroll, social security, leave and foreign-worker documentation stay entirely with us.

Stable coverage despite turnover

Absences and leavers are backfilled within the service – our risk, not your downtime.

Scale without new structures

Adding another dozen people does not require new supervisors on your side.

07Cooperation

How the service is launched

We start with an on-site audit, because without measuring the process there is no honest way to price a unit of work or promise output.

01Week 1

Process audit

We come on site, measure workload, define the scope and establish what can genuinely be carved out.

02Week 1–2

Model and measures

We propose the settlement model, output and quality measures and the reporting rules.

03Week 2

Contract and split of duties

We put the real split of responsibilities in writing so the service is not a sham arrangement.

04Week 2–6

Building the team

Recruitment, medicals, health and safety training, legalisation documents and coordinator briefing.

05First 2 weeks

Implementation and ramp-up

First shifts under reinforced supervision, bedding in the work standard and adjusting the crew.

06Ongoing

Running the service

Stable coverage, backfills, a weekly report and a monthly performance review.

08Team

Who runs the team on site

Coordination is what separates outsourcing from simply supplying workers – and at the same time the condition for the service to be lawful.

Process coordinator

Owns shift planning, task allocation, output and the contact with your manager – one phone number instead of conversations with a dozen people.

Team leaders

For larger crews we appoint leaders who run workstation instruction and uphold the work standard.

Language support

An interpreter or a leader speaking the team's language reduces communication errors and speeds up onboarding.

Care outside the plant

Housing, transport and day-to-day matters are handled by our team, so living issues do not spill over into production.

09Pricing

What the service costs

We choose the settlement model after the audit. The goal is a unit cost you can compare with the current cost of running the process in-house.

Settlement per output

A rate per unit of work: pallet, tonne, item, square metre or area covered per month. Cost scales with volume.

Settlement per team man-hour

Used where the scope varies and units of work are hard to define unambiguously.

What the price includes

Wages and contributions, coordination, training and medicals, agreed workwear, backfills and reporting.

What is billed separately

Accommodation and transport for foreign workers plus legalisation costs – always shown as separate items.

10Markets

Where outsourced teams come from

Most crews are built from Asian markets. Workers stay on our contracts while we handle legalisation, accommodation and onboarding.

11Industries

Industries where we run teams

The model performs best where work is shift-based, repeatable and can be settled by volume.

Manufacturing and industry

Line support, assembly, quality control, auxiliary work and packaging handling.

Logistics and e-commerce

Picking, packing, sorting hubs, cross-docking and seasonal peak coverage.

Food processing

Packing lines, cutting, cold store work and hygiene zone maintenance.

Construction and prefabrication

Support crews, preparatory work and coverage of prefabrication plants.

Facility and cleaning

Cleaning of production and warehouse halls, machine washdowns and site upkeep.

Agriculture and horticulture

Harvests, sorting facilities, greenhouses and highly seasonal processing plants.

12Compliance

Risks we remove upfront

Outsourcing gets challenged during inspections when it exists only on paper. We settle the points below before the first team enters the site.

Sham outsourcing

If the client directs the work, an inspection may reclassify the service as temporary work or direct employment. We carve the process out organisationally and keep management on our side.

No measurable parameters

A contract without measures boils down to putting people on a shift. Before launch we define output, quality and how they are reported.

Unregulated health and safety

Work on the client's premises requires agreed safety coordination, instruction and equipment. We settle this in an annex to the contract.

Provider without a KRAZ entry

Personnel services provided without an entry in the employment agency register also expose the buyer. We share our certificate number with the contract.

13Assurance

What we guarantee

Measures written into the contract

Output, quality and timeliness are agreed before launch and reported in an agreed cycle.

Continuity of coverage

Absences and turnover are backfilled within the service, with no extra effort from your team.

One point of contact

A process coordinator and a contract owner – no handovers between departments.

Inspection-ready documentation

Personnel files, legalisation documents and training records prepared for Labour Inspectorate and Border Guard requirements.

14FAQ

Frequently asked questions about worker outsourcing

What is worker outsourcing?

It means handing a carved-out process – order picking, packing, hall cleaning or line support – to an external provider. We deliver the team, the coordinator and the work organisation, and we are accountable for the result, not merely for people being present on the shift. You pay for the service delivered, usually per unit of work or per area covered.

How does outsourcing differ from temporary work?

In temporary work the user employer – your company – directs the workers, while the agency handles employment. In outsourcing our coordinator directs the team, we organise the work and we answer for the outcome. That split must be real: sham outsourcing, where the client actually manages the people, is challenged during inspections.

Who is the employer of the people delivering the service?

We are. We handle contracts, payroll, social security, leave, medical checks and health and safety training, and for foreign nationals also the full legalisation file. No new headcount or HR duties appear in your plant.

How is the service settled?

Most often per result: per pallet, tonne, unit, square metre or for full coverage of a carved-out area per month. Alternatively we bill per team man-hour when the scope varies. We choose the model after a process audit so the cost is predictable and comparable with your current one.

How large does the team need to be?

In practice the service starts to pay off from around a dozen people on a carved-out process, because only then do the coordinator, work organisation and cover for absences fit inside the service price. For smaller headcounts temporary work or one-off recruitment usually works better.

Who is responsible for quality and output?

We are. The contract sets measures – output, timeliness, error or complaint rates – and we report them in an agreed cycle. If the parameters are missed, reinforcing the team, retraining or replacing people is on us.

Do you provide an on-site coordinator?

Yes, and this is what separates outsourcing from simply supplying hands. The coordinator plans shifts, assigns tasks, runs instruction, tracks attendance and is the first point of contact for your shift manager. For larger teams we also provide team leaders and an interpreter.

Are foreign nationals part of outsourced teams?

Yes, most of our teams are workers from Asia – the Philippines, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Indonesia. We handle full residence and work legalisation, accommodation, transport and onboarding, and keep the documentation inspection-ready.

How long does it take to launch the service?

For teams built from candidates available in Poland, launch usually takes 2–4 weeks from signing: process audit, team selection, training and implementation. With foreign recruitment and full legalisation the horizon is 8–16 weeks, depending on the market.

What are the risks of outsourcing?

The biggest one is sham outsourcing – formally buying a service while actually managing the workers as your own. An inspection may then reclassify it as temporary work or direct employment. That is why we put a real split of responsibilities in writing and carve the process out organisationally as well.

Can we take the team onto our own payroll?

Yes. The contract sets the terms for taking over specific people after an agreed period. Some clients treat outsourcing as a transition stage: first they validate the process and the people, then move part of the team onto their own payroll.

Are you a licensed provider of personnel services?

Yes. We are entered in the National Register of Employment Agencies, keep employment records in line with Polish labour law and legalise the stay and work of foreign nationals. We share our certificate number when signing the contract.

Worker outsourcing

We will price your process.

We will get back to you within 1 business day with a settlement model, costs and a team implementation timeline – with no commitment and no upfront fees.