People Operations

It fits when you need the HR function built and run — systems, processes, onboarding, compliance — not just someone to answer questions. If you only want occasional advice, we'll say so on the discovery call rather than sell you a retainer you don't need.

A PEO (Justworks, Rippling, TriNet) is payroll, benefits, and a help line — wrapped in a co-employment agreement. They process the transactions. They don’t write your handbook, run your performance reviews, classify your contractors, or build your career ladders.

A full-time HR hire is one person — usually mid-career, $175K all-in, plus the time and expense to recruit and hire them. A generalist can do the day-to-day but can’t build the systems. A senior leader can build the systems but is overqualified for the day-to-day.

We’re a People Operations team on retainer. One named senior advisor backed by specialists in compliance, comp, and training. If you want payroll processed, get a PEO. If you want one person to handle everything HR-shaped, hire one. If you want the function built and run, that’s us.

We work with them, not around them. Three patterns we see:

Overloaded generalist drowning in tactical work. We take the strategic build — handbook, comp structure, performance framework, multi-state compliance — off their plate so they can focus on the day-to-day they’re good at.

Stretched senior leader. We become the bench. Your HR Director runs strategy and culture; we run execution.

Already well supported. Then we’ll say so. We’d rather tell you in the discovery call that you don’t need us than sell you something that duplicates what you have.

Culture isn't just values on a wall - it's how decisions get made every day. Our culture-first approach ensures your HR systems reinforce your organizational identity while meeting compliance requirements. This alignment drives better employee engagement, retention, and business results.

Absolutely! We handle HR compliance across all states where you have employees. Each state has unique requirements for posting, leave policies, wage laws, and more—we ensure you're compliant everywhere you operate.

Yes, we'll provide a comprehensive agreement that outlines your services, deliverables, pricing, and terms. Our contracts are designed for long-term partnerships that grow with your business.

It starts with a free HR assessment — a structured conversation, run by our team, that maps where you stand and what to fix first. If it’s a fit, you sign the proposal and we go deeper, typically within a week.