Labour codes, PF deductions, ESIC thresholds — one missed filing and you're staring at penalties that wipe out a quarter's margin. Most founders don't know what they don't know.
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Payroll on Excel & Prayer
Manual payroll means errors, delays, and one accountant exit away from total breakdown. That's not a system — that's a liability you carry every single month.
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Hiring That Bleeds You
8 hours a week on recruitment, no structure, bad hires costing 6 months of salary. Roles open for months. High attrition nobody tracks. Sound familiar?
What We Do
Your complete HR. Minus the overhead.
Three core pillars. One retainer. One less thing keeping you up at night.
01 — Payroll
Payroll Management
End-to-end payroll with 99.9% accuracy. Every rupee, every deduction, every payslip — handled.
30-minute call. We diagnose your gaps — compliance, payroll, talent — and give honest feedback. No pitch, no pressure.
2
Custom Proposal
A retainer built around your headcount, stage, and specific pain points. Transparent pricing, no hidden costs.
3
Onboarding Sprint
Two weeks to understand your business, document everything, and set up systems. We move fast.
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Ongoing Operations
Monthly reviews, proactive compliance alerts, and a dedicated HR partner who picks up when you call.
The Founder
I've sat on both sides of the table.
I'm Mayank Kulshrestha — an HR professional with 15+ years building people functions across high-growth startups and enterprise-scale organizations across India.
I've hired hundreds, resolved labour notices in 72 hours, redesigned broken payroll systems, and built HR infrastructure from scratch. I know exactly where it breaks — and how to fix it before it does.
15+
Years HR Leadership
500+
Hires Managed
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Client Penalties on Our Watch
"Most founders I meet are brilliant at building their product and completely unprepared for the HR complexity that comes with their first 20 hires.
Not because they don't care — because no one ever gave them the infrastructure.
"We were running payroll on a Google Sheet and praying nothing broke. HRHive fixed it in two weeks. Not a single payroll complaint since."
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Rahul Mehta
Co-founder, D2C Brand · 45 employees
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"We got a labour department notice. Mayank's team resolved it in 72 hours and built systems so it never happens again. Worth every rupee."
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Sunita Agarwal
Director, Manufacturing SME · 120 employees
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"3 senior hires closed in 6 weeks. The quality, the speed — this felt like having a TA head without actually hiring one."
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Priya Singhania
CEO, SaaS Company · 28 employees
FAQ
Questions founders actually ask.
An HR retainer is a monthly arrangement where your business gets a dedicated HR professional — without hiring full-time. HRHive's retainer covers payroll, compliance, and talent acquisition for a fixed monthly fee starting at ₹40,000. You get senior-level HR at a fraction of the cost of an in-house HR head.
Payroll outsourcing in India typically ranges from ₹10,000 to ₹50,000/month depending on headcount and complexity. HRHive's payroll management starts at ₹15,000/month and includes all PF, ESIC, PT, TDS deductions plus payslip generation and compliance filings.
Absolutely. HRHive is specifically built for businesses in the 10–200 employee range — the stage where HR problems are real but a full-time HR head at ₹1.2L–2L/month is hard to justify. You get the same expertise without the overhead.
India's four Labour Codes consolidate 29 central labour laws and change how wages, working hours, social security, and industrial relations work. Most SMEs are not yet compliant. HRHive provides Labour Code readiness audits and step-by-step implementation support so you're ahead of the curve, not behind it.
Yes. The HR Operations Retainer includes end-to-end talent acquisition for up to 5 roles per month — JD creation, sourcing, screening, interview coordination, and offer rollout. Our average time-to-hire is 18 days versus the industry average of 45–60 days.
No. HRHive runs on a simple monthly retainer with no lock-in period. Cancel anytime with 30 days notice. We believe the work should speak for itself — and so far, it has.
HRHive serves businesses across India. We have deep expertise in Delhi NCR, Agra, Kanpur, Lucknow, Jaipur, Indore, and other tier-2 cities — markets that are often underserved by large HR firms that only focus on metros.
After the free audit call and proposal sign-off, we begin a two-week onboarding sprint to understand your business, document everything, and set up systems. By week three, we're fully operational as your HR partner.
Ready to Fix Your HR?
Let's talk. First call is free.
30 minutes. We'll identify your biggest HR gaps and tell you exactly what needs to change — with or without us.