So you decided to take the plunge and start a company of your own!  Congratulations are in order, but you don’t have time for congratulations.  You’re already working weekends updating the employee handbook, looking for an insurance policy for your employees, figuring the payroll and, oops, writing checks to pay the tax penalties. 

You know that a Professional Employer Organization (PEO) could do it all for you.  The administrative expenses would be under control.  You could sleep at night without worrying about whether the payroll deductions were accurate.  You’d have a shoulder to lean on when questions about sexual harassment came up around the water cooler. 

But you value your independence.  You’ve taught yourself frugality and have been cautious in your spending.  You’ve avoided unnecessary luxuries all of your life.  Most of all, you want to be the person in control!  Is enrollment with a PEO really the answer for you? 

Imagine that your goal in life was to play the saxophone.  You could try to teach yourself to play.  You could get a couple of books, watch some videos, and just start blowing until the sounds sort of came out right. 

On the other hand, you could make the investment required to have an experienced teacher by your side guiding your progress, and helping you recognize and correct mistakes.  Which method would make you a better saxophonist?  Which method would make you a saxophonist sooner? 

The same logic applies to enrollment with our company.  Signing on with a PEO is simply an investment in your company’s future.