Camp Barnabas is a nonprofit camp that brings on 200+ summer staff every year to serve campers during a tight, high-stakes season. When opening day hits, the team has to be ready. Counselors hired, paperwork signed, payroll set up, and time tracking running smoothly across a dispersed, mostly hourly workforce.
The Challenge
Every summer, Camp Barnabas raced the calendar to onboard 200+ new staff members before campers arrived. Paperwork piled up, HR scrambled, and managing payroll for a dispersed workforce of hourly employees added another layer of complexity to an already compressed season. The work got done, but it cost the team hours they didn’t have and dollars they’d rather spend on campers.
The Solution
Camp Barnabas moved onboarding, payroll, time tracking, and HR document management onto Fingercheck. Staff now onboard digitally before they ever set foot on camp. Supervisors approve hours and PTO from the field, payroll runs on a next-day cycle, and HR documents stay secure and easy to access. The mobile app means counselors can clock in from wherever they’re working, which matters when your “office” is a few hundred acres of camp.
The Results
- 60 hours saved each summer on onboarding, time that goes back into preparing for campers instead of pushing paperwork.
- $15,000+ in annual HR cost savings from streamlined payroll, onboarding, and time tracking.
- 3 hours saved every pay period with supervisor self-approvals on hours and PTO.
- A better experience for summer staff, who can track PTO, view pay stubs, and clock in through the mobile app without involving HR.
- Reliable support when it counts. With a dedicated rep available 95% of the time, the Camp Barnabas team gets fast answers during their busiest months instead of waiting in a queue.
“Switch to Fingercheck! It’s life-changing for those in your HR department. The streamlining and functionality are a game-changer.”
– Brittany Reed
Executive Director of Finance
Barnabas Foundation Inc.
