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Our company has 300 employees, including 100 sales staff that reside in 39 states. We currently outsource payroll processing to a firm that is not able to grow with us. We are considering a larger pay
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posted at 8/13/2007 7:30 AM EDT
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Our company has 300 employees, including 100 sales staff that reside in 39 states. We currently outsource payroll processing to a firm that is not able to grow with us. We are considering a larger payroll provider, or bringing payroll in-house. What factors have others considered when making this decision, and what have other companies our size found to be the most economical and efficient solution.
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posted at 8/15/2007 7:15 AM EDT
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my opinion for what it is worth (I do inhouse payroll for 50)
For that small a workforce spread over that many states, I would not bring it inhouse, but rather look to one of the larger providers that can handle the different state/locality tax issues on a more cohesive basis than inhouse could (both employee resources and system resources). It would be hard to have a 1-2 person payroll dept with software (avg size for that size employer) that could handle that many states....in fact the salaries and benefits cost for those couple of employees will probably be more than the cost of outsourcing. rr |
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posted at 9/18/2007 7:34 AM EDT
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I would suggest hooking up with something like KRONOS and taking care of the payroll yourself. KRONOS is an easy-to-learn application, and if you're in a call center environment, it is compatible with most phone systems. This way, when agents log in, go into break/lunch aux, and log out for the day, KRONOS will capture those as time clock punches. No miss punches, low error, everyone's happy. |
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posted at 6/17/2008 11:53 AM EDT
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Wow Nick;
I am hoping that your sales staff are all salaried so that timesheets and time keep systems are not required. It just makes life a little easier. OUr company has sales people in almost every state (except Alaska and Hawaii). They are all salaried. Only PTO and leave hours are tracked by payroll. PTO balances are recoreded on the employees' payr stubs, the payroll software generates leave reports, each sales person must submit a PTO request form to payroll. When all procedures are followed...everybody is happy. Our payroll software program also allow us to out source the tax functions for the various states. One less nightmare for a payroll department of one. |
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posted at 3/30/2009 11:37 AM EDT
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I would advise against bringing your payroll in-house. Why try to build a department that does not lend itself to your core business? Plus, as you have been doing, you can outsource it. Have you considered a PEO? They are more comprehensive and provide ALL functions of HR from one company. Especially if your firm is growing, this bundled package of HR might service your company in ways you didn't even know you were missing out on. NAPEO.org can give you some insight. Hope this helps! |
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