Recruiting & interviews
Organize candidates, interview stages, notes, offers, and the handoff from applicant to employee.
Karen from HR
Full HR operations without the recurring chaos.
Karen from HR is MTA’s full small-business HR system: recruiting and interview workflows, employee onboarding, employee portal management, HR rules and policies, payroll services, time-off and vacation requests, scheduling, clock-in/clock-out, employee records, and ongoing people operations.
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Run the people side of the business in one system.
Karen from HR is positioned as the full HR operations layer for small businesses — from candidate intake through payroll, scheduling, time tracking, employee requests, and ongoing HR administration.
Onboarding & employee portal
Give employees a structured place for onboarding tasks, records, policies, requests, and routine HR actions.
Payroll & time
Support payroll processing, schedules, clock-in/clock-out, attendance, and recurring payroll deadlines.
HR administration
Manage HR rules, employee records, PTO/vacation requests, approvals, and day-to-day people operations.
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How Karen works
Karen should follow the employee lifecycle, not just the payroll calendar.
1
Recruit
Track applicants, interviews, notes, decisions, and offers.
2
Onboard
Create the employee profile, collect required information, assign policies/tasks, and activate portal access.
3
Manage
Handle schedules, attendance, clock-in/out, PTO/vacation requests, employee records, and HR workflows.
4
Pay & retain
Run payroll workflows, track recurring deadlines, keep records organized, and support ongoing employee administration.
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Karen plans
Approved pricing is now mapped to the HR-system structure.
Payroll Core
$299/mo up to 5 employees
Employees 6–10: +$25 per employee/month.
- Payroll processing workflow
- Basic employee setup
- Recurring payroll administration
- Payroll deadlines and approval support
Setup: $299 new setup · $499 mid-year migration
Start Payroll Core
People Admin
$749/mo
- Everything in Payroll Core
- Employee portal
- Employee onboarding
- PTO and vacation requests
- Scheduling
- Clock-in / clock-out and attendance
- HR rules, policies, and employee records
- Ongoing people administration
Enterprise
Custom
- Everything in People Admin
- Recruiting and candidate workflows
- Interview management
- Advanced/custom HR rules
- Larger teams and non-standard workflows
- Custom integrations and operating requirements
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Frequently asked questions
Is Karen only payroll?
No. Payroll is one part of Karen. Karen is intended to manage the broader employee lifecycle: recruiting, interviews, onboarding, employee portal access, HR rules, schedules, time tracking, PTO/vacation requests, payroll workflows, and ongoing HR administration.
Can Karen help when we hire our first employee?
Yes. The page is designed to route first-employee setup into the appropriate payroll and HR workflow.
Can employees use Karen directly?
Yes. The product direction includes an employee portal for onboarding, records, policies, time-off requests, schedules, time tracking, and other approved self-service HR actions.
Is HR/legal advice included?
Karen can administer approved HR rules and workflows, but the website should not imply legal representation or unsupported employment-law advice.