The Results
FLEXIBILITY TO SERVE UNIQUE PAYROLL NEEDS: Flexible uploads in BambooHR Payroll enable Power Life to manage pay for over 300 employees—only 35 of them full-time—in ways other providers couldn’t.
“We have unique payroll needs, with different ways we pay people and track billable time. Out of over 300 employees, we only have about 35 who are full-time. BambooHR Payroll has offered us enough flexibility to do uploads and make things work for us in a way other payroll providers just don’t really have.”
EASIER REPORTING, REVIEW, AND ADJUSTMENTS: Spotting issues and adjusting individual profiles is simple with BambooHR, with updates flowing straight into payroll processing.
“I love the reporting. I like that it’s easy to dig into all the different elements of payroll. I can see everything in one place, spot unexpected issues, and dig into individual profiles to manually adjust things if I need to. And if I do make an update anywhere, it speaks directly to the payroll processing. It’s just simpler.”
A SIMPLE SOLUTION FOR HANDLING EXTRA PAY: BambooHR Payroll makes it simple to upload extra pay and catch errors before the upload goes through.
“It’s really easy to upload extra pay. And with some recent updates to Payroll, the process is even better. It’s simple to see any errors in the upload, and it’s easy to correct them before the upload goes through.”
A FASTER, MORE INTUITIVE WAY TO TROUBLESHOOT: Running payroll directly in BambooHR has made Power Life’s process faster and easier to troubleshoot when issues come up.
“My payroll process is a lot faster and simpler now that I can run payroll directly in BambooHR. Plus, I’ve found it easier to troubleshoot. With the Run Payroll update, it’s been quick and easy to find and fix issues if they ever come up.”
The Challenge
TOTALLY MANUAL PROCESSES: Before BambooHR, Power Life had no HRIS at all, leaving every process—including payroll—entirely manual and difficult to manage.
“We didn’t have an HRIS before BambooHR. It was something we definitely needed. Everything was manual, including payroll, and that made it difficult not only to do HR in general, but to handle our complex payroll needs.”
COMPLEX PAYROLL NEEDS: Paying instructors per class rather than per hour meant Power Life needed to upload class schedules and quantify teaching frequency instead of relying on traditional time tracking.
“We moved to BambooHR Payroll because it works for our moderately complex payroll needs. We pay instructors per class rather than per hour, and we needed to be able to upload class schedules and quantify how often people have taught in a pay period, because we don’t use time tracking in a traditional way.”
DIFFICULTY TROUBLESHOOTING PAYROLL ISSUES: Without a reliable way to catch missing employees before running payroll, Power Life often didn’t discover errors until payroll failed to match.
“I’ve had employees not included in payroll that I didn’t know weren’t included. In the end, my payroll wouldn’t match, and it would take me a while to problem-solve. But with BambooHR, troubleshooting has been really easy.”
The Solution
EASY-TO-USE AND EASY-ON-THE-EYES PAYROLL SOFTWARE: The transition to BambooHR Payroll was easy because Power Life already knew and loved the BambooHR ecosystem.
“Payroll in BambooHR looks really nice. It’s easy to find what you’re looking for because it integrates so well with BambooHR, which I already understand. Because of that, it’s pretty intuitive—things are where they should be based on my familiarity with BambooHR.”
A SIMPLE PROCESS THAT BRINGS EVERYTHING TOGETHER: BambooHR Payroll consolidates uploads, updates, and reviews onto a single page instead of breaking each action into separate steps.
“I like that everything is in one step. Everything is on one page. The uploads are really easy, and it’s easy to make updates and see everything in one spot.”
AN EASY-TO-LEARN, STRAIGHTFORWARD USER EXPERIENCE: After the Run Payroll update, Power Life’s team could jump in and see at a glance which employees were included in a payroll run, with no learning curve.
“My first payroll after the Run Payroll update, I jumped right in and tried it out. I thought it was really easy to use, and I was able to catch on fast. It was really straightforward. It’s easy to tell which employees are and aren’t included in the payroll run. It’s right there on the first screen.”
