Case Study: Premier Lighting achieves accurate, faster payroll and pain-free seasonal staffing with Deputy

Deputy helps Premier Lighting during the busy holiday season

Premier Lighting, founded by Justin Lubbers, is a Dallas–Fort Worth lighting company that grew from a one‑man operation into a team of 4–5 year‑round employees and 20–25 seasonal workers. Managing inconsistent hours, multiple job sites and a high influx of seasonal hires — and moving from 1099 contractors to hourly staff — left Justin relying on handwritten timesheets that consumed about a day each week to decode and diverted him from business development.

Justin implemented Deputy, which integrates with payroll provider Gusto, for real‑time mobile time tracking and fast onboarding of seasonal staff. The system eliminated error‑prone paper trails, produced accurate payroll and cut payroll processing from roughly a full day to 1–2 hours, freeing Justin to focus on lead generation, customer service and growing the business.

Premier Lighting

Justin Lubbers

Owner