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1. Presentation

2. Product Council, August 2015
camilla@justworks.com
@justworkshr

3. Justworks frees entrepreneurs to
focus on what matters:
Building their business and
creating better places to work
Our simple platform automates HR, payments,
benefits, and government paperwork for SMBs.

4. There are ~28 million small businesses that lack access to enterprise solutions.
Justworks targets this large and underserved market
99%
of U.S. firms
are SMBs
SMBs employ
55%
of U.S. workers
63%
of NEW
private-sector
jobs are in
SMBs

5. Through aggregation and vertical integration, we’re different
from the other HR and payroll companies
ALL-IN- ONE
PLAT FORM
SI MP LE A ND
TRANSPARENT
AFFORDABL E,
TOP NOTCH
H E A L T H C A R E
C O M P L I A N C E
1 0 0 % H A N D L E D

6. Product Principles
1. Simple
2. Fast
3. Guiding
4. Scales

7. Permissions

8. What problem are we trying to solve?

9. What it was…
C-Level
(Super User)
IC
Employee / Contractor / Vendor

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11. What it should be
C-Level
(Super User)
Finance HR
Office ManagerManager
IC
Employee / Contractor / Vendor
Other Manager

12. C-Level
(Super User)
Finance HR
Office ManagerManager
IC
Employee / Contractor / Vendor
Other Manager
Company level roles
Manager level roles

13. But also, permissions are hard. And stressful.
They can get over-complicated quickly.

14. But also, permissions are hard. And stressful.
They can get over-complicated quickly.

15. But also, permissions are hard. And stressful.
They can get over-complicated quickly.

16. But also, permissions are hard. And stressful.
They can get over-complicated quickly.

17. How can we break this into manageable chunks?

18. How can we build this for our target users?

20. All the tasks, one dashboard

25. First: Build a dashboard + nav that can scale for
variable permissions and notifications.

29. Launched July 28

30. Next: Company level permissions

31. Solve the problem but stick to principles
•Simple, fast: Small number of easy to understand
permissions; too early for groups
•Guiding: Instruct users which permissions are for
which roles; require admin status before adding
permissions
•Scales: One overview screen, two entry points;
flexible framework
I want to take [x] + [y] + … action across the
company, and nothing else.

33. How about everyone on one page?

34. Hmm, how about “superusers?”

35. Ok. Now how about at the permission level instead?

36. Lets add admins on the same page. Drop the
photos?

37. Got it.

38. Got it.

39. Got it.

40. Launched today

41. Third: Manager Workflow

42. Solve the problem but stick to principles
• Simple, fast: Turn on/off. Limit “groups” until
later. Take action via email.
• Guiding: Defaults. Clear communications. Roll
ups and transparency for senior levels.
• Scales: Lay foundation for groups as new features
are rolled out.
I want to take [x] + [y] + … action for my direct
reports, but nothing else

43. Launching soon….

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