Introducing the Self-Driving Small Business

Six years ago, when Google announced their self-driving car project, most people thought it was a pipe dream. After all, who could get into a car, enter a destination, and trust software to get them there safely and securely without ever touching the steering wheel? Yet just a few years later, self-driving cars are a reality.

Today, in the face of ever-growing administrative burdens taxing millions of small businesses across America, it seems equally unbelievable that business owners could step away from the steering wheel and put their back office on autopilot. Who could believe that running payroll, tracking time, managing health insurance, staying compliant with state and federal laws, and handling filings to the IRS could all drive-themselves? No budget or extra headcount needed.  

Had you asked me a few years ago, I would have never believed it was possible. As a previous business owner myself who grew a team from zero to a staff of 50, I knew from firsthand experience how time consuming and frustrating no-value business administration tasks could be. Always worrying about the newest compliance regulations (now it’s the Affordable Care Act), constantly filling out employee paperwork, administering benefits, and that’s just the start. That’s when I asked myself, “What if you could run a business without having to deal with all the administrative work it takes to run a business?” The answer was Zenefits.

“Today, in the face of ever-growing administrative burdens taxing millions of small businesses across America, it seems equally unbelievable that business owners could step away from the steering wheel and put their back office on autopilot.”

Zenefits integrates your payroll, benefits, time, talent, and management into a single online dashboard so you can manage all your HR in one place. But the real magic happens behind the scenes. Like Google, we’ve created software that actually does the work for you. Take Zenefits Payroll, for example, which we just launched a few weeks ago.

Zenefits Payroll is the only free, full-service payroll service that offers businesses and organizations in all 50 states an automated, integrated payroll experience that runs completely in the background. When you hire an employee in Zenefits, they’re automatically set up in payroll. Employee deductions for health, retirement, and other benefits flow directly from Zenefits into payroll, too. The same thing happens with employee compensation as hours worked, vacation, and sick leave data flow from the Zenefits platform right into payroll. Previously, these changes had to be made by hand each pay period, and the data had to be taken from various, disconnected systems. Parting ways with an employee? We automatically remove them from payroll, calculate their PTO and allow you to print their final check, and even administer COBRA. Again, all without you ever touching the wheel.

Like converts to self-driving cars, customers say that using our software has helped them better use their time, improve efficiency, and save money. The proof is right around the corner – with one of our customers, NuLabel Technologies of East Providence, which has pioneered the next-generation of package labels for manufacturers. NuLabel is using Zenefits to self-drive their business and loves the results. The company’s controller, Kristen Gengenbach, says using the Zenefits platform enables her to spend less time on HR and more time on other important tasks at hand, such as financial and accounting matters.

Kristen’s experience isn’t the exception; it’s the rule. At Zenefits, we think that the best possible HR and payroll system is one that’s nearly invisible, operating in the background, quietly compensating your employees, keeping you compliant, and remitting taxes to the government. The ideal system is one you almost never touch – it drives itself.

So if you are tired of wasting hours administering and running payroll and want to spend time instead running your business or doing the other parts of your job, take Zenefits for a spin. Once you try it, you will never look back.

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