Case Study: Gurley Leep achieves higher employee retention and engagement with Paylocity

Automotive Company Drives Employee Retention and Engagement Forward

Gurley Leep, a family‑owned automotive group with 1,200+ employees across 22 locations, struggled with high turnover, clunky reporting and onboarding, and disconnected company communications while using UKG. Needing a scalable, user‑friendly HCM to centralize communication, simplify analytics, and improve mobile access, Gurley Leep turned to Paylocity for recruiting, onboarding, mobile and survey capabilities.

Paylocity deployed its recruiting and onboarding modules, the Community collaboration hub, mobile self‑service and surveys to automate processes and centralize communication. The change activated onboarding for about 300 employees per year, handled a 25% hiring increase efficiently, drove 90% usage of Paylocity’s mobile app, and achieved 70%+ participation in onboarding and pulse surveys—boosting engagement, feedback visibility, and retention.

Gurley Leep

Bobbi Imel

Director of Human Resources