Growing Stronger, Together: How People Function and Justworks Make a Winning Team

When Emma Leeds started People Function in 2021, the goal was simple: help businesses thrive by taking the hassle out of HR. People Function works closely with small and medium-sized companies to streamline the strategic parts of HR, including but not limited to HR strategy, engagement, performance management, and much more, so they can focus on growing their businesses. Partnering with Justworks has made this mission easier and more impactful, giving People Function the tools to deliver exceptional results for its clients.

The Challenge: Balancing Growth with Efficiency

People Function faced challenges in its quest to help small businesses grow. When People Function assists small businesses lacking in-house HR expertise, its team often has to navigate fragmented systems and processes that their clients use for onboarding and offboarding, payroll and benefits management and work with support teams that do not value or prioritize small businesses. 

This situation resulted in administrative overload, inefficiencies, and frustration with HR processes in general. As a response, People Function sought a solution to enhance its technology stack, aiming to streamline administrative tasks while providing clients with reliable and comprehensive support.

The Solution: How Justworks Helped

By partnering with Justworks, People Function was able to offer its clients a simple and reliable platform that takes care of the HR essentials and tackles the common challenges faced by small businesses head-on while delivering best-in-class support. With Justworks handling payroll, benefits, and compliance, People Function could spend less time on admin work and more on strategic advising, which benefited them on multiple fronts: 

• More Time for Strategy: People Function uses Justworks for its business, and its teams know the platform inside and out. When it takes on the day-to-day HR tasks for its clients, People Function sets up systems that complement their businesses and can offload most of the administrative tasks through Justworks. This gives it the bandwidth to focus on high-impact advisory work with its clients like coaching, improving company culture and employee engagement, and building thoughtful performance management processes that level up the skills within the organization.

To me, Justworks is the system that frees you up to focus and solve other challenges.

- Emma Leeds, CEO & Founder

• Happier Clients: With Justworks' comprehensive HR tools and compliance expertise, People Function's clients could confidently recommend a solution that gives them peace of mind, knowing their bases were covered. People Function and its clients also regularly value the level of care and responsiveness they receive from the customer support and partner support teams.

Justworks was so high touch and caring and careful - that was my first experience (with Justworks). When I started consulting, I was always a Justworks fan and so I was immediately referring clients.

- Emma Leeds, CEO & Founder

• Growth on Two Fronts: With Justworks’ support and resources, Emma has scaled People Function from a solopreneur to a team of twelve (12) without compromising the quality of its advisory offerings for clients. Also, partnering with Justworks opens up new revenue streams through referrals, enabling People Function to connect with more businesses needing fractional HR services.

We don’t do any outbound sales. We have no interest in doing outbound sales. So, we grow our business through systems, networks, and referral channels.

- Emma Leeds, CEO & Founder.

Looking Ahead: What’s New for People Function

Looking ahead, People Function plans to expand its client base while doubling down on the advisory services for small businesses that others often overlook. To offer the most value to its clients and other small businesses, People Function recently launched its newsletter, The PFunc Pulse, and is working with strategic partners, like Justworks, to support and connect with more small businesses in its network.   

We can stand behind the fact that [Justworks] is a good tool. We use it ourselves.

- Emma Leeds, CEO & Founder.

Why HR Consultants Choose Justworks 

For HR consultants, Justworks offers more than just tools—it’s a partner that simplifies administrative work and boosts client satisfaction and retention. Justworks fosters strong, reliable partnerships, giving HR consultants confidence that they have a dependable ally to support their clients' needs.

We can actually stand by our word when we refer Justworks to companies and promise high quality service.

- Emma Leeds, CEO & Founder.

People Function’s partnership with Justworks has made a significant impact: freeing up time, improving client relationships, and setting the stage for growth. If you’re ready to take your business to the next level, let’s talk. The Justworks Partnerships team is here to help you and your clients thrive. 

Interested in Partnering with Justworks?

Justworks can help your company offer your clients more, gain access to HR tools, and even earn rewards. Feel free to reach out and read more about our partnership program.