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Payroll Made Simple for a Team That's Always Changing.
Laughing Bear Bakery is a St. Louis nonprofit where people coming out of prison train on the job in a commercial kitchen and start a new life. Founder and CEO Kalen McAllister runs payroll on Netchex: adding and removing people is easy, every W-2 is handled, and a real person answers the phone.
with Netchex
to run weekly payroll, including adds and removals
spent on year-end tax forms
The problem: constant turnover, weekly payroll
Many of her employees start with little money, so payroll runs every week, and turnover is high.
Before Netchex, Kalen ran payroll herself, on top of running the bakery. Year-end was where it broke down. Every person who worked there during the year needs a W-2, including the ones who stayed only a few weeks.
What changed at Laughing Bear Bakery
With turnover this high, Kalen needs to add and remove people without disrupting payroll.
"The way you have it set up in Netchex, I can add people, subtract people, and it's just really easy for me."
Kalen McAllister, Founder and CEO, Laughing Bear BakeryYear-end follows from the same entries. Netchex handles the W-2s and filings for everyone who came and went, so the forms that once stopped her now take care of themselves.
"I couldn't do the tax stuff at the end of the year, the W2s… all the filing… I don't have to worry about anything. It's just done and employees can easily access their forms without asking me."
Kalen McAllister, Founder and CEO, Laughing Bear BakeryWhen Kalen calls Netchex, a real person answers right away.
"People don't realize how aggravating all these automated phone systems are. I can't tell you how many times you sit there and wait. It's horrible. And the fact that I can call in and talk to someone right away, that is amazing."
Kalen McAllister, Founder and CEO, Laughing Bear Bakery"Year end is so simple now. I just enter a few things and it's all automatic. I don't have to think about it which makes my life so much easier."
