How HR Nerd grew from soloprenuer to HR consulting team of five

“Shrlock gives me the structure to grow without sacrificing quality or control.”

Emily Farmer, Founder @ HR Nerd

Where They Started

When HR Nerd first started using Shrlock, the business was run by one person. Like many solopreneur HR consultants, much of the work lived in memory, which made it harder to stay organized, manage deadlines, and maintain a consistent system across clients.

What Was Getting In The Way

As the business grew, relying on memory and informal processes became harder to sustain. There was a need for better visibility into tasks, a clearer way to show clients what work was being done, and a system that could support more people on the team without creating chaos.

How Shrlock helped

Shrlock gave HR Nerd a centralized place to manage tasks, set due dates, and track work across clients. Over time, it became a shared system for the team, making it easier to assign client accounts, track both billable and non-billable time, and understand what each team member was working on day by day.

Using Shrlock also made collaboration for the HR Nerd team smoother. Team members could easily step into client accounts when other members of the team were out sick or on vacation, supporting one another without losing context.

Shrlock is the backbone of HR Nerd and our source of truth. Emily Farmer, Founder @ HR Nerd

What changed

As HR Nerd expanded into a team of five, Shrlock became the backbone of the practice’s day-to-day operations. The team gained better visibility into workload, pricing became more accurate based on actual time spent, and invoicing became a more transparent reflection of the work being delivered.

Clients no longer had to wonder what was happening behind the scenes, and the team no longer had to rely on one person to keep everything moving.

What it meant for the practice

For HR Nerd, Shrlock created the structure needed to grow without sacrificing quality or control. What began as a helpful tool for a solo HR consultant became the source of truth for a growing team, giving the business a stronger operational foundation as it scaled.