Case Study: Mountainside Fitness achieves streamlined onboarding, payroll efficiency, and reduced turnover with Paylocity

Fitness Group Strengthens Its Employee Experience

Mountainside Fitness, a fast-growing chain of 19 upscale clubs with 1,400+ employees in the Phoenix area, faced tedious paper-based onboarding, fragmented communication, and manual payroll that hindered its people-first culture and contributed to high turnover. To modernize HR and better support frontline staff, Mountainside turned to Paylocity and its HR/payroll platform, seeking automated onboarding, payroll, and communication tools.

Paylocity implemented Onboarding, Time & Attendance, Community, On Demand Payment, and a Learning Management System, allowing Mountainside to seamlessly onboard 100+ new hires per month and move away from hours of manual paperwork. The switch saved 900 onboarding hours and 200 payroll hours annually, drove a 5% reduction in turnover, and saw 20–30% of employees using On Demand Payment—freeing HR to focus on culture and employee development.

Mountainside Fitness

Robyn Klawitter

SVP of Human Resources