To all our Christchurch clients:

We understand the last few days have been very difficult and unsettling for everyone in Christchurch with the recent earthquake and we want you to know we’re here to help if you need any assistance with your payroll.  You may be having trouble getting into work, especially if your premises have been damaged or it may be that you need to run a pay and need some help with that.

If you’re having any problems or have any queries we can help with please let us know by calling our help desk 0800 10 10 38. 

We hope you haven’t been too badly affected.

Dear Sir or Madam just wanted to say thank you to the lady at SmartPayroll who kindly called tonight to remind me to do my payroll. I said I would do it straight away but then there was an issue at work that delayed me a few hours; anyway I got it done in the end. Thank you very much for your wonderful service! All the best, Leah.
Herne Bay Dental Centre

On Friday 2nd July TVNZ ran a story on SmartPayroll.  Click below to view the programme.

http://tvnz.co.nz/close-up/boss-and-babies-3624010

TVNZ will be running a story about SmartPayroll on its Close Up programme on either Friday 2^nd July or Monday 5^th July on TV1.

Asantha Wijeyratne, CEO was interviewed along with other staff members to outline the company’s flexible working policies for its staff by allowing new mothers to work flexible hours and even bring their babies to work on occasion.

A segment of the interview with Asantha:

Interviewer:  How has allowing staff to work with so much flexibility affected the company?

I think it has helped the business more than anything else.  Over the last 3 years we have doubled in size, a significant growth for us.  We are now one of the leading players in the payroll market.  And I believe that because we’ve “cornered” this philosophy into the company that’s allowed us to take up this position.

Interviewer: you seem like a nice boss….

Actually it’s a practical solution.  We’ve enjoyed tremendous success way beyond our widest imagination and I believe it’s because we’ve kept some of those important concepts of family, of people, and of keeping it real.  We look after our customers the same way.

We’ve got about 15 staff, we’ve got about 20 to 30 contractors, and we support about three and a half thousand businesses out there in the workplace in providing a payroll solution.

Interviewer:  any risks?

Doing anything is a risk and that’s what we’ve been good at, we’ve been prepared to take risks and stop doing things that don’t work.  We’ve never been disturbed in our work, the mothers have been responsible, and have done what they needed to do for their role.

Interviewer:  You are aware that there’ll be many people who will be emailing you for a job?

When I started this business all those years ago one of the key things I said was, I wanted it to be a workplace where people would want to come and work from and that’s a very important thing for us.  Rather than responding to an ad, if someone rings us up and says “I want to come and work for you because of the company you are”, that’s the ultimate compliment for me.

I think a lot of businesses miss out on having good, talented people work for them because they take the wrong attitude when it comes to accommodating a person with a child. .. but it depends on the business situation.

Asantha's interview with Close Up

On 21 June 2010 the following article was printed in the Dominion Post: (Click the thumbnail image to see the full article)

Article printed in the Dominion Post

It’s great to see SmartPayroll heralded as a new age office that supports it’s employees and their families. SmartPayroll cares about the community as much as it cares about its customers.   We don’t just sell a payroll product, we help our clients manage their payroll and that’s why SmartPayroll is out in front.

Click the thumbnail below to view the the magazine article.

Chris Partridge
Operations Manager

SmartPayroll "Woman's Day" article