Full-Time HR vs. Fractional HR

Do You Really Need to Hire
a Full-Time HR Person?

For a company with 15, 35 or 55 employees, HR is important. But that does not necessarily mean you need another full-time employee.

Fractional HR gives growing businesses access to experienced HR professionals, support and infrastructure without the cost of building an internal HR department.

For smaller companies, that can create a major financial and operational advantage.

HR Employee vs. an HR Team

Hiring an internal HR professional gives you one person with one set of experiences and expertise. Fractional HR gives you access to a broader HR infrastructure that can support:

HR & Employee Relations: Day-to-day HR questions, employee issues, policies, onboarding, terminations and management support.

Compliance: Guidance through changing employment regulations, documentation and workplace requirements.

Payroll & Timekeeping: Payroll processing, time and labor management and HR technology.

Benefits Administration: Employee benefits support, enrollment and administration.

Specialized HR Situations: Leave of absence, workplace investigations, workers’ compensation, recruiting and other situations that may require deeper expertise.

Instead of asking one employee to handle everything, your business can access the right resources when they are needed.

What Does a Single HR Hire Really Cost?

What HR infrastructure could your company access for that same budget?

A fractional HR model may allow you to reduce fixed overhead while gaining access to a broader range of HR capabilities.

$9,333/month ?

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$85,000 HR Salary
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Estimated true employer cost: $112,000/year
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That’s approximately $9,333/month.

What could $9,333/month buy your company instead? 

Compare HR Costs

Fractional HR Can Be Especially Powerful Under 35 Employees

A 25-person company can have complicated HR needs without having 40 hours of HR work every week. That creates an expensive mismatch.

Hiring full-time means paying for full-time capacity whether you need it or not. Fractional HR allows your HR support to better match the actual needs of the business.

You get the expertise without automatically adding another full-time position. And the money you do not spend on building an internal HR department can stay in the business.

Hire another salesperson. Invest in marketing. Upgrade equipment. Improve benefits. Build cash reserves. Expand.

HR should support growth, not unnecessarily consume the capital needed to create it.

Small Company. Big HR Infrastructure

Fractional HR can give a smaller business access to capabilities that historically required a much larger internal HR department.

Stay lean. Access deeper expertise. Reduce fixed overhead. Scale HR as you grow.

At some point, hiring an internal HR professional may make perfect sense.

But for a company under 35 employees, it is worth doing the math first.

Before You Hire HR, Compare Your Options

See What Fractional HR Could Look Like for Your Company

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