Case Study: Upbuild achieves lean, cost-efficient remote team growth with Justworks

Justworks Gives Upbuild the Tools They Need to Keep Their Business Nimble With a Small Overhead

Upbuild is a 10-person, distributed digital marketing and analytics agency that rapidly expanded and needed to onboard employees quickly. CEO Mike Arnesen ran into the common headaches of supporting a remote team—reclassifying 1099s to W-2s, multi-state payroll and tax filings, and the potential need for dedicated payroll/benefits staff—which threatened to add overhead and complexity.

Justworks provided payroll, benefits, compliance support and automation, removing paperwork burdens and simplifying multi-state hires. That cut HR/admin time dramatically (about 25 hours this year versus an estimated 100 without it), lowered personnel and office costs, and let Upbuild stay lean, financially flexible and able to recruit top talent nationwide.

Upbuild

Mike Arnesen

CEO