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GroWrk Embedded for HR & Payroll

Complete the employee lifecycle with the device lifecycle.

Your platform already knows when someone joins, where they work, what they need, and when they leave. Turn those employee events into global device operations without sending customers to another system.

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  • employee.created
  • Device policy
  • Zero-touch enrollment
  • Retrieval
Your HR platformPeople · New hire

Lucía Fernandez

Software Engineer · Mexico City, MX

Employee created
Start date
Sep 14
Manager
P. Okafor
Equipment
Required

webhookemployee.created

  1. Hire
  2. Policy
  3. Source
  4. Configure
  5. Ship
  6. Assigned

Illustrative partner interface · GroWrk executes behind it

The gap today

Hiring someone shouldn't create an IT side project.

The employee record is already complete in your product: name, country, role, start date, manager, cost center. The laptop workflow starts somewhere else — an email to IT, a spreadsheet of orders, a reseller quote, a courier tracking number pasted into a ticket.

  • The data is in your product. The work is not.

    Customers export hire data into a second process that your platform never sees again.

  • Day one slips.

    Sourcing, configuration, and cross-border delivery are decided after the start date is already committed.

  • Offboarding leaks assets.

    Termination is processed in your product while the laptop stays in an apartment in another country.

  • Nobody owns the record.

    HR knows the person, IT knows the device, and no system holds both over time.

The opportunity

Own the part of onboarding your customers actually complain about.

Device readiness is the most visible failure in onboarding and the least automated. It sits one field away from data you already store.

  • Workflow ownership

    Hardware provisioning becomes a step in your onboarding checklist instead of an external dependency.

  • Product depth

    Move from recording employment to executing the operational work employment creates.

  • Differentiation

    Competing HR suites integrate with device vendors. Yours performs the operation.

  • Retention

    A platform that holds physical asset history is far harder to replace at renewal.

  • Fewer vendors for the customer

    One workflow replaces reseller, courier, MDM handoff, and recovery vendor coordination.

  • New commercial surface

    Device operations can be packaged as a premium capability inside plans customers already buy.

End-to-end workflow

From hire created to laptop delivered.

One integration covers the joiner path and the leaver path. Every state change returns to your product as an event.

  1. 01

    Hire created

    A new employee record is created in your platform with country, role, and start date. Nothing new for the customer to learn.

    Your HR platformPeople · New hire

    Lucía Fernandez

    Software Engineer · Mexico City, MX

    Employee created
    Start date
    Sep 14
    Manager
    P. Okafor
    Equipment
    Required

    webhookemployee.created

    1. Hire
    2. Policy
    3. Source
    4. Configure
    5. Ship
    6. Assigned
  2. 02

    Device policy matched

    Your customer's approved configuration for this role and country is resolved automatically. No free-text hardware requests.

    Your HR platformPeople · Equipment

    MacBook Air M4

    Engineering standard · 16GB / 512GB

    Approved
    Policy
    ENG-LATAM-01
    Source
    Local, MX
    Approval
    Auto-approved

    webhookdevice_policy.matched

    1. Hire
    2. Policy
    3. Source
    4. Configure
    5. Ship
    6. Assigned
  3. 03

    Deployment initiated

    One call creates the deployment. GroWrk sources the unit in-country rather than shipping it across a border.

    Your HR platformPeople · Deployment

    Deployment GRW-48291

    Local sourcing · Mexico City

    Sourcing
    Created
    Aug 28
    Target
    Before Sep 14
    Enrollment
    Zero-touch

    webhookdeployment.created

    1. Hire
    2. Policy
    3. Source
    4. Configure
    5. Ship
    6. Assigned
  4. 04

    Configured and enrolled

    The device is imaged, enrolled for MDM, and prepared to your customer's standard before it ships.

    Your HR platformPeople · Deployment

    Configuration complete

    Enrollment record created

    Configuring
    Image
    Applied
    MDM
    Ready
    Asset tag
    GRW-MX-11204

    webhookdeployment.configured

    1. Hire
    2. Policy
    3. Source
    4. Configure
    5. Ship
    6. Assigned
  5. 05

    In transit

    Delivery status streams back into the hire record. Recruiters and managers stop chasing IT for a tracking number.

    Your HR platformPeople · Deployment

    In transit to Lucía

    Estimated delivery Sep 11

    In transit
    Carrier
    Local courier
    Destination
    Mexico City, MX
    Signature
    Required

    webhookdeployment.shipped

    1. Hire
    2. Policy
    3. Source
    4. Configure
    5. Ship
    6. Assigned
  6. 06

    Delivered and assigned

    The asset is written back against the employee. Your product now holds the device history, not a vendor portal.

    Your HR platformPeople · Profile

    Lucía Fernandez

    Active · Mexico City, MX

    Delivered
    Device
    MacBook Air M4
    Assigned
    Sep 11
    Condition
    New

    webhookdeployment.delivered

    1. Hire
    2. Policy
    3. Source
    4. Configure
    5. Ship
    6. Assigned

Software in. Hardware out.

Software is only half the infrastructure.

Writing the endpoint is the easy part. Behind one call sits the network that has to actually source, configure, move, recover, and retire hardware in the country the employee lives in.

POST /v4/orders
  • 01

    Local supplier

  • 02

    Configuration

  • 03

    Warehouse

  • 04

    Courier

  • 05

    Employee

  • 06

    Asset record

{ "id": "GRW-48291", "status": "confirmed", "eta": "2026-09-11" }

Where the line sits

Your product owns the experience. GroWrk operates the infrastructure.

The boundary is deliberate: everything your customer sees stays yours, everything physical is ours to run.

Your product owns

The experience

  • Onboarding and offboarding UI
  • Device policies and approvals
  • Customer relationship and support tier
  • Packaging and pricing
  • Business logic and permissions
  • Reporting inside your product

GroWrk operates

The infrastructure

  • Local sourcing in each market
  • Imaging, enrollment readiness, accessories
  • Delivery and delivery exceptions
  • Warehousing and stock
  • Employee retrieval and inspection
  • Certified wiping, resale, recycling

Why it matters

Three reasons HR platforms embed device infrastructure.

01

Make day-one readiness part of onboarding.

Onboarding checklists already track contracts, payroll setup, and access. The laptop is the one item that leaves your product and comes back as a complaint.

  • Trigger from the hire record, not a separate order form
  • Delivery targets tied to the start date
  • Status visible to HR, IT, and the hiring manager
02

Keep HR and IT working from one lifecycle.

Employee state and asset state stay in the same system of record, so transfers, replacements, and terminations stay consistent.

  • One record per device across its whole life
  • Assignment history follows the employee
  • Audit evidence retrievable through the API
03

Add a valuable service without becoming a logistics company.

You ship an integration. GroWrk carries suppliers, warehouses, couriers, customs handling, and disposition partners.

  • No vendor network to recruit or manage
  • Coverage expands without new headcount
  • Operational escalation handled by GroWrk

Product & developers

Different ways into the same lifecycle infrastructure.

Most HR integrations start with the REST API and webhooks. The other interfaces exist when you need them — not as a requirement.

Example request
POST /v4/orders

{
  "employee": { "email": "lucia@acme.com", "country": "MX" },
  "policy": "ENG-LATAM-01",
  "deliver_by": "2026-09-14",
  "enrollment": "zero-touch"
}
Explore the API

  • REST API

    Create deployments, retrievals, and transfers from your onboarding logic.

  • Webhooks

    Every lifecycle transition returns as an event; no polling to keep records fresh.

  • CLI & automation

    Bulk operations and scripted backfills for migrations and large customers.

  • MCP & AI agents

    Let an HR assistant start a deployment or retrieval inside approval limits.

  • White-label

    Employee-facing communications can carry your brand where scoped.

  • Permissions & approvals

    Scopes per tenant, plus approval gates on spend and disposition.

Embedded infrastructure

One integration. An entire physical operations layer.

Your developers work with a handful of software primitives. GroWrk absorbs the operational complexity underneath them.

Partner product
REST APIWebhooksCLIMCP
  • Procurement
  • Configuration
  • Deployment
  • Warehousing
  • Maintenance
  • Retrieval
  • Redeployment
  • Disposition

Commercial models

How HR platforms package it.

Partners choose the model. GroWrk does not dictate end-customer pricing.

  • Premium capability

    Device operations included in a higher plan tier alongside onboarding automation.

  • Add-on module

    A purchasable module attached to the existing subscription.

  • Per-event service

    Charged per deployment, retrieval, or disposition event.

  • Enterprise bundle

    Included in multi-country enterprise agreements as a differentiator.

GroWrk does not set end-customer pricing. Commercial terms are agreed during partnership design.

Why GroWrk

Why GroWrk.

  • Lifecycle, not shipping

    Procurement through disposition in one model, so recovered devices re-enter the same flow.

  • Global execution

    Device operations supported across more than 150 countries.

  • Built to be embedded

    API, webhooks, CLI, and MCP designed for partners rather than an end-user dashboard.

  • Enterprise controls

    Scoped permissions, approvals, lifecycle records, and SOC 2 Type 2 controls.

FAQ

HR & Payroll questions.

How does a hire trigger a device deployment?

Your platform calls the deployments endpoint when an employee record is created or an onboarding checklist item is reached. You pass the employee, country, delivery target, and either a device SKU or a policy identifier. GroWrk resolves sourcing and returns a deployment object plus webhook events for every subsequent state change.

Can customers define their own approved device policies?

Yes. Policies are configured per tenant and can vary by role, seniority, region, or entity. Your product decides how those policies are presented and who can override them; GroWrk enforces the resolved configuration when sourcing.

Can devices arrive already enrolled in MDM?

Devices can be prepared for zero-touch enrollment so they land in your customer's management posture on first boot. GroWrk does not replace the MDM — it makes sure the hardware arrives ready for it.

How do employee and asset records stay synchronized?

Every lifecycle transition emits a webhook: created, configured, shipped, delivered, assigned, retrieval requested, received, wiped, redeployed, retired. You store the device ID against the employee record and update it from events rather than polling.

What happens when an employee leaves?

A termination in your product can create a retrieval. GroWrk arranges pickup with the employee, tracks transit, receives and inspects the unit, performs certified wiping, and then stores, redeploys, resells, or recycles it according to the customer's policy.

Can GroWrk interact directly with employees when required?

Yes, for scheduling pickups, delivery coordination, and packaging instructions. The degree of branding on those communications is defined during partnership scoping.

Which countries can be supported?

GroWrk supports device lifecycle operations across more than 150 countries. Available services and lead times vary by market, and coverage is confirmed for the markets that matter to your customer base during scoping.

Can the whole experience stay under our brand?

Partner implementations are designed so the customer stays inside your product. White-label scope — including employee-facing communications — is agreed as part of the partner model.

Built for your platform

Explore the other categories.

Make device readiness part of every hire.

Bring your onboarding and offboarding flows and we will map them to GroWrk lifecycle events.

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