Why Your "Free" HR Spreadsheet Is Costing You R10,000 a Month
The spreadsheet is not free. For a 30-person South African SME, manual HR admin costs R8,000–R10,000 per month in hidden labour — before a single CCMA referral arrives.
The Monthly Admin Tax Breakdown
- Leave management: R1,920/month (8hr admin + employee query time)
- Performance reviews: R2,400/month (blended manager + HR time)
- Onboarding and offboarding: R875/month (R1,750 per hire × 6 hires/year ÷ 12)
- Timesheet and payroll preparation: R2,800/month (9hr reconciliation + manager queries)
What Synthro Automates
- Leave: automated requests, approvals, balance updates, SimplePay sync — saving ~R1,700/month
- Performance: NALA AI-assisted reviews from logged goal data — saving ~R2,000/month
- Onboarding: guided workflow, document upload, contract signing — saving ~R700/month
- Payroll: SimplePay native integration, GPS auto-approved timesheets — saving ~R2,400/month