How Spectrum Consulting saved 20 hours a week on HR with Employment Hero

About Spectrum Consulting

Based in Auckland, Spectrum Consulting is a boutique IT consultancy with enterprise-level impact. Their 20-strong team delivers cloud networking, infrastructure design, and cybersecurity solutions to some of New Zealand’s top businesses. Agile by nature, Spectrum runs lean, so every hour counts.

The Challenge

Spectrum’s HR operations were scattered across multiple tools.

“We were using a different tool for 360 reviews, leave applications, policies, timesheets, reporting… and none of them spoke to each other,” says Lorraine Bryant, Head of People and Culture.

The result? Lost hours, manual double-handling, and compliance guesswork.

“It was all over the show. There was no single source of truth.”

The Solution

Employment Hero brought everything together: HR, payroll, policies, leave, and timesheets, in one secure platform.

“Employment Hero pulled everything into one platform. One login. Everyone knows where everything is now.”

Automation and approval workflows removed manual admin, while built-in policy acknowledgements and time-stamped tracking gave Lorraine peace of mind.

“It’s brilliant from a compliance and risk perspective.”

The ROI

Since adopting Employment Hero, Spectrum has gained both time and confidence:

• 20 hours saved per week in HR and admin work
• 100% compliance visibility with digital acknowledgements
• Seamless payroll sync and improved accountability

Why It Matters

Employment Hero gives Spectrum the clarity and compliance confidence to scale, without adding complexity.

“It’s killed wasted time. In a business like ours, time is money. We charge for it.”

One platform. Less admin. More impact.