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H ere’s the twist nobody talks about: payroll doesn’t just live in your head during working hours. It’s that 3am wake-up call, wondering if you processed the maternity leave correctly. It’s the Sunday evening review of Monday’s to-do list. It’s

the involuntary flinch when your phone buzzes during annual leave because you know it’s probably about payroll. “The month-end panic is real,” laughs Sarah, a payroll manager at a growing software company. “Doesn’t matter if you’re

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