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We used them at a previous small tech company. My experience was pretty good. They did all the legwork for payroll, med benefits and other HR-type stuff that a team of 10 engineers did not want to bother with.

Justworks and it ilk are part of the "business as a service" model that works really well. Corporate GMail or Outlook365 allowed small companies to let go of the burden of Email management, Justwork does the same for benefits/payroll dept. I'm sure Ziprecruiter and other companies are doing the same for hiring departments too.

So if you are a startup and need services to run your business, is there any back office function needed that a combination of Justworks + Google Workspace + Stripe doesn't cover?

Yes:

- Cap table management (Carta)

- Reimbursements (Expensify, Abacus, etc.)

- Quickbooks Online (accounting)

- Accounting and tax services (outsourced/agency)

- … probably more I’m forgetting

If you work with sensitive data, you’ll eventually want…

- Device management (Kandji)

- Device and user monitoring (Vanta)

- SOC 2 auditing

For a modern take on Quickbooks online, there's pilot.com

KPMG, among many others, will deal with SOC2 compliance/auditing for you, should you want to IPO.

I can’t speak for Office365, but I know that GSuite includes device management as part of the platform.

This is super helpful. Thanks

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