We built the payroll department we wished we had.
Runway was built by former multi-unit operators, around the payroll problems we kept running into.
Meet the teamWhen groups usually call us.
The payroll person just gave notice.
One person had all of it. The posting is up, a replacement is two months out, and payroll runs again Friday.
The group outgrew the bookkeeper.
Somewhere around the fifth or sixth store, the person doing payroll on the side cannot keep up. The choice is a full time hire or a service that grows with the unit count.
A notice showed up.
A state agency, a penalty, an unemployment claim nobody answered. Now the mistake costs more than the help would have.
What payroll is costing you now.
In a larger group it is a person. A full time payroll generalist on a $58,000 salary costs about $78,000 a year once you add taxes, benefits, software, and training, before recruiting or the months it takes to learn your stores. That cost does not change whether you run eight locations or eighteen, and it steps up when you need a second person.
In a smaller group it is time. An owner, a controller, or a GM spends hours every week on payroll that should go to the business. We give that time back and push out the day you have to hire.
$78,000
A year for one payroll generalist, loaded. Your number may be higher.
A few things we will tell you up front.
- If your payroll platform is the real problem, we will tell you, and we will not sell you a conversion you do not need.
- Not every unemployment claim is worth contesting. We contest the ones that are and tell you why on the others.
- Somewhere past thirty locations across several states, an in house payroll manager and an analyst can start to make sense. If we think you are there, we will say so.
We only work with restaurant groups.
Independent groups, franchisees, and emerging concepts, from a couple of locations to dozens, in one state or several. We do not run payroll for any other kind of business, which is a big part of why we are good at running it for yours.
Franchisor? Ask about a preferred provider arrangement
Tell us how many locations and hourly employees you have.
Book twenty minutes. We will walk through how your payroll runs today and what it would look like with us. No demo unless you want one.