HR and payroll that keep up with every site and shift.
Janitorial, landscaping, security, and facility-services crews work across scattered sites, on rotating shifts, often at night. Netchex handles site-based pay, certification compliance, and fast hiring, so your back office keeps up with the field.
7,500+ organizations trust Netchex
The back-office challenges service contractors know too well.
Building-services crews don’t clock in at one location. They work across client sites, on shifts that rotate and run overnight, with pay that varies by site and contract. Most HR platforms weren’t built for that reality.
Site-based pay is hard to get right
Different rates by client site, shift differentials for nights and weekends, prevailing-wage jobs. Calculating it by hand creates errors and compliance exposure every pay period.
Turnover runs around 45% a year
Crews cycle fast, and an uncovered site is a client-contract risk. Every departure means rebuilding site knowledge and restarting compliance paperwork.
Safety certifications expire quietly
OSHA, equipment, and site-access certifications lapse without warning. Without automated tracking, an expired cert is a liability and a job-site gap at once.
Distributed crews are hard to track
Workers spread across sites on rotating shifts make time capture and scheduling a manual headache, especially when no one’s sitting at a desk.
Client contracts add compliance overhead
Many clients require documented safety records, background checks, and insurance proof. That documentation burden lands on the same person running payroll.
There’s a better way to run it
Netchex connects pay, scheduling, hiring, and compliance into one employee system of record, so data flows without re-entry, reconciliation, or gaps. Here’s how.
How building services is changing in 2026.
The labor market keeps tightening
Service contractors compete for the same crews as warehousing and construction. Operators who hire and retain faster keep sites covered and contracts intact.
Client compliance demands are rising
Clients increasingly require documented safety, background, and insurance records on demand. Operators who can’t produce them risk losing the contract.
Financial wellness drives retention
Crews living on biweekly pay feel cash-flow gaps. Earned wage access has measurable impact on turnover in distributed, hourly workforces.
Crews expect mobile tools
Field workers expect to check pay, schedules, and HR answers from their phone, in their own language, without calling the office between shifts.
Every tool your field operation demands.
Netchex gives service contractors accurate site-based pay, certification compliance, and fast hiring, so a lean back office keeps up with crews in the field.
Site-Based & Shift Pay
Different rates by site, shift differentials, and prevailing-wage jobs configured once and calculated correctly every run. No spreadsheets, no manual cleanup.
Safety Certification Tracking
Track OSHA, equipment, and site-access certifications across every crew member and site, with alerts before anything lapses. Always audit-ready.
Mobile Time Capture for the Field
Crews clock in from the site on their phone. Hours flow straight into payroll with no manual entry, even when no one’s at a desk.
Hiring Built to Fill Crews Fast
Text-to-Apply lets candidates apply in under 4 minutes. AI screening surfaces best-fit workers. Average time from application to offer: 2 days.
AskHR — Any Language, 24/7
Crews get instant answers pulled from your own policies and handbook, in their own language, so the office fields fewer calls from the field.
Flex Pay — Earned Wage Access
Let crews access wages they’ve already earned between paydays. No cost to you, no change to payroll, and access for unbanked workers.
Compliance & Document Center
Store safety records, background checks, and insurance proof in one place, retrievable on demand when a client or auditor asks.
One Connected Platform
Hiring feeds onboarding, onboarding feeds payroll, time feeds scheduling — all from one login, built for distributed field crews.
What service contractors achieve with Netchex.
Building-services operators using Netchex report measurable results across pay accuracy, compliance, and crew retention.
Reduction in payroll errors with automated site-based pay
From offer to onboarded, down from 3 weeks
Average time from application to offer accepted
Fewer interview no-shows with Netchex Recruit
Saved per week on administrative tasks
Employee mobile app adoption across clients
Lower turnover for operators offering earned wage access
Manage every site’s payroll and compliance together
Replacing one crew member costs more than most operators account for. The contractors that retain people — with accurate pay, mobile tools, and compliance records that stay ahead — keep sites covered and contracts intact.
Support that knows field operations.
Netchex service professionals understand site-based pay, shift differentials, and the compliance records service contractors carry. When something’s wrong with a pay run, you reach someone who knows your setup, not a generic call center.
Ranked #1 for service on G2
Customer satisfaction score
Most calls answered under a minute
A dedicated team that knows your account
Trusted by HR leaders across every industry.
“The ease and support for onboarding was such a relief. I cannot say enough positive about our experience. Thank you!”
“NetGuide and NetRecruiter have streamlined the onboarding process. The reporting is valuable and easy to manipulate, and navigation is much smoother.”
“The shift greatly reduced the time it took for payroll and eliminated the tax filing. It’s been a huge time saver for us.”
Resources for building services HR.
Practical guides on payroll, turnover, and workforce strategy for distributed field operations.
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