It saves a lot of time. I made the decision that I had to focus on the things that I really had expertise in and that I felt like I could excel in. I realized pretty quickly that human resources management and payroll were not at the top of that list. So I looked for options. In this tight labor pool, a small business needs to be able to offer a comprehensive plan to employees to attract the kind of people you want to hire.
Small businesses don t have the ability to offer insurance, cafeteria plan and direct deposit.
We are not HR experts, we are not payroll people, we are not insurance people, and we are certainly not tax advisors. In consulting with them, they tell us things that we should and shouldn t be doing and that has certainly helped us along the way. It's better to have them do the work for you. I don't want to do payroll on a Sunday afternoon. I'd rather concentrate on my business than become an accountant.