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Plane and the Future 
of Payroll and HR

At our online event on May 25, 2023, we discussed the evolution of remote work and our journey from Pilot to Plane, the state of payroll and HR, and the launch of Plane’s Unified Payroll and HRIS. Watch our event recording to learn more about our latest launch of an all-in-one people platform.

Thu, May 25, 1PM ET

The Future of Payroll & HR

Presenters

Matt Pelc

CEO at Plane

Rob Lee

Head of Product

Irene Chao

Head of People

Here’s what Plane's all-in-one people platform solves:

Having to juggle different platforms if you’re running payroll for international and US employees and contractors

An image showing different tabs that say Global Payroll, Domestic Payroll, Spreadsheets, and Slack, with a cursor over the Slack tab

At the end of the month, do you have to log in to your US payroll platform to process bonuses for your US sales team, and then log into your international payroll platform to pay team members located outside the US? And also keep track of bonus amounts in another place like Slack?

Not having a single source of truth when managing HR for your entire global team of employees and contractors – and not being able to give your team a central place to see who all of their coworkers are

An image of two charts showing employees and contractors, their names, countries, and salaries. They include a US employee, a Mexico employee, a France contractor, and an Australia employee.

When your CEO asked you how much was spent on engineering payroll last month, did you need a spreadsheet to calculate this? Do your team members have trouble keeping track of who their coworkers are and what time zones they work in?

Giving your international contractors a second-class payroll experience if you’re using a platform or service that doesn’t deposit money directly into their bank account

An image showing a workflow from "Your company's account" to an E-wallet to a "Contractor's account"

Do you send payments to both your US and Brazil team members on the same day for payroll, but your US team members end up getting paid on the 15th while your Brazilian team members don’t receive their paychecks until the 17th?

Not knowing what to do when you hire in a new state or country. How do you stay compliant, from contract signature to onboarding and beyond?

An image that show different warnings about hiring in different countries. They say "Employees in Greece are entitled to 13th and 14th month salaries," "Employers must provide a workplace pension scheme for UK employees," and "The probationary period for employees in Ecuador depends on the role type."

You’re hiring for the first time in Greece. Do you feel lost and don’t know what to include in the contract? Do you wonder what kinds of benefits to offer, and which ones are required and which ones optional (but that other companies might typically include)?

Encountering payroll delays, whenever you encounter an issue with one payroll item, which blocks your entire payroll run

An image of an error message that says, "Your payroll is blocked until you resolve 1 issue," with a button that says, "Unblock now"

Remember that time when payroll was almost due, and everyone had submitted their hours except for one person, and that person wasn’t replying to your Slack messages?

Dealing with the manual hassle of state registrations every time you hire in a new US state

An image of a US map with Wyoming highlighted and a call-out box by it that says, "Register online with DWS and email an out-of-state questionnaire." Georgia is also highlighted and a callout box by it says, "Register at DOR website and then register with DOL."

You've found great candidates in Wyoming and Georgia for your sales positions. Congrats! But your company hasn’t hired in these states before, so now you need to figure out how to register for payroll taxes in each state, each of which has its own processes and websites for you to wade through.

Expensive and confusing pricing: Especially for startups, you don’t want to deal with pricing structures that involve cancellation fees and minimum contract lengths

An image showing price tags with hidden fees, cancellation fees, $550 fee per contractor, $700.95 fee per employee, and a label that says "1 year contract"

Do you need to sit through two calls before you even learn about pricing and get a quote? Does your contract require you to commit to at least a year and pay exorbitant cancellation fees and maybe also hidden fees (except because they’re hidden, you’re not sure if you’re paying them)?

Learn how Northwest Computing scaled using Unified Payroll

Check out the case study