HR Automation Consultant in San Diego
Independent HR automation work for San Diego employers — onboarding flows, PTO tracking, payroll handoffs, and compliance reminders that run without you babysitting them. $100/hr, no retainer, you own every piece.
Quick Answer
- What I actually build: new-hire onboarding automations (offer letter → I-9 → Gusto/Rippling → Slack invite → IT provisioning), PTO request flows in Slack, CA wage notice generation, and manager reminder sequences that kill email chains.
- Stack I work in: Gusto, Rippling, BambooHR, Deel, ADP, Slack, Notion, Google Workspace, DocuSign, Airtable, and n8n/Make for the glue. If your HR tool has an API, I can wire it.
- Pricing: flat $100/hr, no retainers, no monthly SaaS markup. Most SD small-business HR projects land between $800–$3,500 and ship in 1–2 weeks.
- Local, not offshore: Based in Encinitas — I drive to Carlsbad, Sorrento Valley, Downtown, La Jolla, Del Mar for working sessions. Same timezone, same labor laws, same phone number every time: 858-461-8054.
What San Diego HR Teams Hire Me For
Onboarding That Runs Itself
A new hire accepts → offer packet auto-generates → DocuSign fires → once signed, Gusto/Rippling gets them added, Google Workspace provisions, Slack invites, laptop ticket opens in your IT system, and the manager gets a day-1/day-7/day-30 checklist. I've built this for SD startups and a Carlsbad manufacturing co.
California Compliance Glue
Wage theft notices, sick leave accrual tracking, meal break attestations, sexual harassment training reminders at the 2-year mark. CA has specific rules — I build the automations that log proof and send the right doc at the right time so you're not scrambling during an audit.
PTO & Time-Off Workflows
Slack-based PTO requests that route to the right manager, sync to Google Calendar, update a shared team availability board, and log into your HRIS — without an $8/employee/month add-on tool.
Offboarding Without Leaks
Termination date triggers: access revoked across 12+ apps, final paycheck calculated with accrued PTO, COBRA notice sent, equipment return tracked, exit interview scheduled. A La Jolla client cut offboarding from 4 hours to 20 minutes.
Real San Diego Examples
A 22-person Sorrento Valley SaaS company was using a Google Sheet + 3 Slack channels to manage PTO. We replaced it with a Slack slash-command flow feeding Rippling and a Notion board — built in 8 hours, $800. They dropped their planned TimeOff.com subscription ($2,100/yr saved).
An Encinitas wellness brand (37 employees) had onboarding docs scattered across Dropbox, email, and a Notion wiki. I rebuilt intake as a single Tally form → auto-generated personalized welcome packet → DocuSign → Gusto add → Slack invite. 11 hours of work. New-hire week-one satisfaction went up, HR coordinator got her Mondays back.
A Carlsbad contractor with 60 field employees needed CA-compliant weekly timesheet confirmations with meal-break attestation. Built in Airtable + Twilio SMS. Now auditable, signed, stored — no paper.
How I Work
- First call is free — 20 min, I tell you if it's worth automating or if an off-the-shelf tool is smarter.
- You own everything. Automations live in your accounts. I don't host. If you fire me tomorrow, nothing breaks.
- No retainers, no minimums. $100/hr, tracked honestly, invoiced when done.
- I document as I build so your next HR hire can maintain it without me.
I'm not an HR consultant pretending to do tech — I'm an automation builder who's spent years specifically on HR plumbing for SD companies. Text me what's breaking in your HR stack and I'll tell you straight whether I can fix it or point you somewhere else.
Ready to stop doing HR admin by hand?
20-minute call. No pitch deck. I'll either help you or tell you who can.
Text 858-461-8054