UKG, a leading provider of HR, payroll, workforce management,
and culture solutions for all people, today announced that Purple
Wave Auction, a rapidly growing, online-only equipment auction
marketplace with 250 employees, is reducing time-to-hire,
decreasing payroll processes up to 75%, and establishing a
foundation for future growth with the all-in-one UKG Ready
suite.
Purple Wave Auction has nearly doubled its workforce over the
past two years and employs a mix of field-based territory managers
as well as office-based auction specialists and IT developers. As
it grows, UKG Ready provides the business with an intuitive,
efficient, and scalable HR and payroll solution to support
compliance and create an engaging employee experience while
automating processes to increase efficiency.
“One of my favorite things about UKG Ready is that it makes
everyone’s lives easier,” said LaShawna Harrison, senior payroll
specialist at Purple Wave Auction. “We couldn't manage our
workforce, our new hires, or our growth without UKG. It not only
helps us advance our business but delivers feedback from employees
that we can act on to continue to make Purple Wave a great place
to work.”
One of Purple Wave Auction’s biggest successes with UKG Ready
has been simplifying its payroll, which includes biweekly
and commission paychecks as well as distribution of restricted
stock units. The flexibility of Ready allows Purple Wave to pay
people quickly and accurately and has also led to tremendous time
savings for its lean payroll team.
“We have a unique payroll that many other solutions couldn’t
handle, but UKG Ready has been able to handle all of that and
more,” said Harrison. “Payroll used to take eight to twelve hours,
and then I could spend another eight hours reconciling timesheets
and making deduction adjustments. Now, with UKG Ready, and even as
our workforce has grown, we’ve reduced our payroll processing time
by up to 75% — down to just four hours per payroll period.”
As a family-owned business, it’s important for Purple Wave
Auction to bring its brand and culture to the forefront when hiring
new employees without sacrificing time-to-hire goals.
Recruiting within UKG Ready has created a streamlined,
branded experience that’s helping to attract the best candidates in
a competitive job market.
“Recruiting gives us the flexibility to create our job postings
based on skill or location requirements with the simplicity of
housing everything from job descriptions to candidate profiles in a
single solution,” said Harrison. “Reporting and analytics in
Ready gives our directors and managers real-time insights into
qualified candidates so they can make informed decisions. And, as
an organization, we are better able to source, track, and evaluate
talent while reducing our time to hire, which has been a huge
win.”
Once a candidate is welcomed into the Purple Wave family,
onboarding in Ready acts as a one-stop shop for new hires,
giving them access to company and culture information as well as
important forms and checklists to help them start off on the right
foot and feel like a part of the team from the moment they accept
an offer.
“Our previous onboarding process was very manual and paper-based
which drained our time and wasn’t the smooth experience we wanted
for our new employees. But with Ready onboarding, we can welcome
new hires before their first day with an engaging, automated
experience and self-service checklists that new team members can
easily complete to start strong in their specific roles,” said
Harrison.
Purple Wave Auction credits UKG with helping to guide employees
and giving HR and payroll an added boost of confidence with
access to a team of trusted experts they can rely on to guide them
and resolve any challenges.
“UKG’s Partner for Life commitment means I have the
support of a team of experts to assist me round-the-clock, which
started with our implementation,” said Harrison. “I know
customer support will always treat me well and work quickly to
resolve any issue. Plus, I have ongoing access to the training,
resources, and tools I need to get the most out of our investment.
UKG is invested in our people and organization, always helping us
to grow and achieve our long-term goals.”
“In today’s competitive job market, it is critically important
for all organizations — especially small businesses like Purple
Wave Auction — to have the tools they need to attract and retain
the best talent without sacrificing the quality of their HR,
payroll, and business operations,” said Chris Kiklas, vice
president of SMB product management at UKG. "With UKG Ready, they
get the best that modern technology can offer, which is the ability
to easily manage all aspects of their business — HR, payroll, time,
and talent in a single solution — so they can focus on what matters
most, their people.”
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