How quickly can a foreign company hire employees in India through an EOR?

Because the EOR is already a registered, operating Indian employer, onboarding a new hire is largely a documentation and compliance exercise rather than a legal setup one: employment agreement execution, statutory registrations (PF, ESI, professional tax as applicable) under the EOR's existing infrastructure, and payroll setup. This is why EOR hiring can move in 1-2 weeks rather than the 6-10 weeks a subsidiary incorporation plus first hire would typically take.

The realistic bottlenecks are usually on the employer's side rather than the EOR's: finalising the compensation and benefits structure, background verification checks, and getting the employment contract terms approved internally. An EOR that already has these templates and processes standardised can move faster than one building bespoke terms for every hire.