Comments on: Payroll and cycling http://blogs.gartner.com/thomas_otter/2009/03/03/payroll-and-cycling/ A member of the Gartner Blog Network Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:54:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Thomas http://blogs.gartner.com/thomas_otter/2009/03/03/payroll-and-cycling/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Thomas Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:06:13 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/thomas_otter/2009/03/03/payroll-and-cycling/#comment-166 Bill I know some 55 year old cyclists that totally kick my butt. Funny though that HR is almost always the first significant enterprise application of new technologies... Web ESS B2C e-Recruiting Outsourcing SaaS ..... Bill
I know some 55 year old cyclists that totally kick my butt.
Funny though that HR is almost always the first significant enterprise application of new technologies…
Web ESS
B2C e-Recruiting
Outsourcing
SaaS
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]]> By: Bill Kutik http://blogs.gartner.com/thomas_otter/2009/03/03/payroll-and-cycling/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Bill Kutik Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:01:55 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/thomas_otter/2009/03/03/payroll-and-cycling/#comment-165 Apropos of nothing. The first mainframe sold to a private company -- a UNIVAC 1 -- went to GE in 1954, which promptly dragged it to Lexington, Kentucky, and programmed it to do payroll! Thus making payroll the oldest commercial computer application in the world. And you want this 55-year-old to peddle up hills on a bike? Apropos of nothing. The first mainframe sold to a private company — a UNIVAC 1 — went to GE in 1954, which promptly dragged it to Lexington, Kentucky, and programmed it to do payroll! Thus making payroll the oldest commercial computer application in the world. And you want this 55-year-old to peddle up hills on a bike?

]]> By: Links 03/04/2009 http://blogs.gartner.com/thomas_otter/2009/03/03/payroll-and-cycling/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Links 03/04/2009 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:31:01 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/thomas_otter/2009/03/03/payroll-and-cycling/#comment-163 [...] Payroll and cycling [...] [...] Payroll and cycling [...]

]]> By: Thomas http://blogs.gartner.com/thomas_otter/2009/03/03/payroll-and-cycling/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Thomas Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:28:03 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/thomas_otter/2009/03/03/payroll-and-cycling/#comment-162 Dennis, Indeed. Payroll is the oldest form of technology outsourcing. But it is still challenging to find the right service provider. Each country has a different landscape and getting a globally consistent service is hard. Also company rules build up over time, often through negotiation. Not all payroll services are alike, and many companies have managed to run an in-house solution very cost effectively. Outsourcing is not always cheaper or less risky. Recently we have seen quite a bit of turmoil in this space, with a leading provider pulling out of HR BPO. Like fitness, getting this right takes hard work. Dennis,
Indeed. Payroll is the oldest form of technology outsourcing. But it is still challenging to find the right service provider. Each country has a different landscape and getting a globally consistent service is hard. Also company rules build up over time, often through negotiation.

Not all payroll services are alike, and many companies have managed to run an in-house solution very cost effectively. Outsourcing is not always cheaper or less risky. Recently we have seen quite a bit of turmoil in this space, with a leading provider pulling out of HR BPO.

Like fitness, getting this right takes hard work.

]]> By: Dennis Howlett http://blogs.gartner.com/thomas_otter/2009/03/03/payroll-and-cycling/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Dennis Howlett Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:18:22 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/thomas_otter/2009/03/03/payroll-and-cycling/#comment-161 I'd much rather have payroll as a service then my costs are rolled into a digestible figure. Otherwise I'm almost certainly stuck with the premium only offering. I’d much rather have payroll as a service then my costs are rolled into a digestible figure. Otherwise I’m almost certainly stuck with the premium only offering.

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