Our satisfied clients
love to share their
success stories

See how organizations solve complex payroll
challenges and scale with confidence
using PeopleGuru™

Our satisfied clients
love to share their
success stories

See how organizations solve complex payroll
challenges and scale with confidence
using PeopleGuru™

Clients like the Belmont Stakes
choose us because 
we adapt
to them, not 
the other
way around

PeopleGuru™ beat out a lot of the big players because of their commitment to customizing
a solution to our needs.”

Darren Mann
CFO for the City of Olivette

  • A better payroll process promotes
    accountability and saves time

  • PeopleGuru™ HCM shifted responsibility back to department heads, where it belongs,” Mann said, highlighting a major process improvement.

  • Olivette cuts HR budgeting time by 50%
    with PeopleGuru™ HCM Automation

  • CFO Darren Mann shared that budgeting, once a day-long task, now takes just a few hours — and “it doesn’t have to be me that does it anymore.”

“We went from 1 location to 26
while actually saving
time and money.”

Leighton Miller
Controller for VidaCann

  • From payroll bottleneck to scalable
    HR in 26 Locations

  • As VidaCann grew from 80 to nearly 400 employees, PeopleGuru™ HCM scaled payroll, time, and HR
    without added stress.

  • VidaCann’s HR foundation supported
    a successful acquisition in 2024

  •  PeopleGuru™ HCM gave VidaCann a single system for payroll, HR, and reporting as the organization
    grew to nearly 400 employees.

“An all-inclusive, custom HCM with a dedicated “Guru”
at a great price.”

Jesus Martinez
Vice President of HR for Sunderstorm

  • Custom integration powers real-time
    decision-making at Sunderstorm

  • “Without that integration, we’d be making decisions off inaccurate data,” said Martinez, applauding the implementation team’s capabilities.

  • Managed Services frees up HR to
    focus on strategy, not admin

  • “With PeopleGuru™, we got a payroll specialist and a dedicated system expert — better support, same price. It was a no-brainer,” said Martinez.

“It’s been great knowing who
I’m going to speak to
every time.”

Katie Johnson
Payroll Manager for Theory Wellness

  • Weekly support calls, not endless email chains:
    Real partnership with PeopleGuru™

  • “Now I meet with Zoe every Tuesday to review open tickets—it’s personalized, consistent, and a huge relief compared to the chaos of our old provider,”
    said Johnson.

  • Theory Wellness saves 30% by
    switching to PeopleGuru™

  • “From my first call with PeopleGuru™, I was leaning heavily towards their solution,” Johnson said, due to flexible reporting options and ease of use in the employee view.

“PeopleGuru™ helped the entire HR department get acquainted with the solution quickly and without any issues.”

Joe Morgan
Executive Director for Middlesex College

  • Self-service portal empowers
    employees to do more tasks

  • With mobile access, Morgan shared that the  self-service tools  “improved employee efficiency
    and satisfaction.”

  • Reduced errors and time saved with
    real-time data integration

  • Morgan said the system allowed the team to “manage employee benefits much more efficiently
    and reduce operational costs.”

“Productivity has significantly improved and errors
have gone down.”

  • Garden Communities cuts payroll processing
    time from days to minutes

  • Payroll Manager Cathy Carlson shared, “It used to take four days — now we process payroll for 300+ employees in minutes.”

  • From punch cards to cloud payroll: Garden Communities
    modernizes HR and Payroll

  • Carlson said, “The team took the time to understand our processes and configure the system
    to fit our exact needs.”

Not only was the solution
flexible but so were
the people.

Nina Long
Director of HR for Poyner Spruill

  • PeopleGuru™ HCM delivers big results
    with boutique-level service

  • “We made the decision to go with big names in the past — customer service was lacking. PeopleGuru™ has been the complete opposite,” said Long.

  • Legal firm automates time tracking and goes
    paperless with PeopleGuru™ HCM

  • “With PeopleGuru™ HCM, we’ve experienced a dramatic change — we’ve gone fully paperless for payroll and time sheets,” said Long.

PeopleGuru™ has transformed our
HR operations by centralizing
employee data.”

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