7 signs you’ve outgrown your in-house HR

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If your HR team is drowning in to-do lists and compliance checklists – this one’s for you.

As businesses grow, one of the first things to break isn’t product or sales – It’s HR.

And not in a dramatic, headline-grabbing way. In small, constant ways: Missed deadlines. Sloppy onboarding. Outdated policies. Fines you didn’t see coming.

If any of this sounds familiar, it might be time to bring in reinforcements.

1. HR is still “Just One Person”

Your team has doubled. Maybe tripled. But HR? Still one person… juggling hiring, payroll, compliance, and PTO questions on top of culture-building. It’s not sustainable and it’s not scalable.

What you need: A partner who brings structure, tech, and backup.

2. You’re always playing compliance catch-up

California changed the law. You saw the update. But you haven’t updated the handbook. Or trained your managers. Or adjusted your payroll software.

Sound familiar?

What you need: A team that lives and breathes regulation – so you don’t have to.

3. Your onboarding experience is not great

You want to make a great first impression, but onboarding is inconsistent at best. Some employees get laptops late. Others don’t know where to file expenses. Nobody really reads that welcome PDF.

What you need: A streamlined onboarding system that scales with every new hire.

4. Payroll day feels like a fire drill

Every cycle, there’s something:

  • A missed deduction
  • A delayed payment
  • An angry email from accounting
  • A last-minute tax correction

You shouldn’t have to “hope” payroll goes smoothly. It should just… work.

What you need: Automated, accurate payroll without stress.

5. Your benefits can’t compete

You’ve lost a candidate (or three) because your benefits package didn’t cut it. And when open enrollment rolls around? Confusion. Complaints. Crickets.

What you need: Fortune 500-level benefits, minus the Fortune 500 budget.

6. You’re not sure where your risk is

Your harassment policy is from 2018. No one’s done a workplace safety audit. And you haven’t thought about EPLI coverage since… ever?

What you need: A risk management strategy that prevents problems, not just reacts to them.

7. You’re spending too much time on the wrong stuff

You didn’t start your business to answer PTO policy questions.
 Or troubleshoot tax filings.
 Or explain COBRA.

If you’re spending more time on admin than growth, you’ve officially outgrown the old way.

What you need: A PEO that takes over the back-office heavy lifting, so you can focus on scaling.

Visit https://3-gs.com and let’s build a better way to grow.

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