Member Spotlight: How Peoplr Built a Remote HR Company With One

Reliable Home Base

Some businesses need an office every day. Others need one exactly when they need it — for a client meeting, a power outage, or a moment when “working out of my kitchen” won’t cut it. Peoplr, an HR services company built to help growing businesses hire and retain great people, falls firmly into the second category. Since becoming an Office Evolution member in 2019, Peoplr has used its OE membership as the reliable, professional home base a fully remote team still needs — without paying for space it doesn’t use most of the time. 

The business behind the membership 

Peoplr launched in 2014 to solve a problem a lot of growing companies run into: HR compliance and strategy pull business owners away from the work of actually running their business, but building a full internal HR team isn’t practical — or affordable — for most. Peoplr’s HR: OnDemand service fills that gap, giving companies access to real HR expertise at a price that fits their budget. Clients can engage 

Peoplr for as much or as little support as they need, across customizable Recruiting, HR Consulting, and Outplacement services. The goal, as the team puts it, is simple: get the HR work off your plate so you can focus on growing your business. 

That mission is backed by a clear set of values that show up in how Peoplr operates day to day: building positive relationships, embracing learning, focusing on solutions, demonstrating agility, and taking ownership. It’s a fitting list for a company built to be flexible for its clients — and it’s part of why a flexible workspace model has suited Peoplr so well. 

Why a remote team still needed a physical space 

Peoplr’s team works remotely, which raises an obvious question: why bother with office space at all? For Peoplr, the answer came down to a few specific needs a fully virtual setup couldn’t meet on its own. The team wanted a central location for occasional client meetings, a way to represent a real physical office rather than operating as a name and a website, and a professional environment they could step into whenever the moment called for it. 

That’s where Office Evolution’s mailbox and virtual office services came in first — a stable business address and mail handling that gave Peoplr a permanent “home” without requiring anyone on the team to go into an office daily. From there, the team has occasionally used the common work area and conference rooms when a client meeting, a team session, or simply a change of scenery called for it.

An unexpected backup resource 

One use case Peoplr didn’t necessarily plan for when they joined has turned out to be one of the most valuable: the office as a fallback when home setups fail. Peoplr’s local Jacksonville team has used the space more than once during a power outage, an internet outage, or an air conditioning failure at home — the kind of disruption that can derail a remote workday entirely. Having a designated space to work as a backup means a bad morning at home doesn’t have to mean a lost day of work. 

What keeps the team coming back 

Beyond the practical utility, Peoplr’s team points to something less tangible as a favorite part of the membership: the community. Being surrounded by other small business owners working out of the same space is a source of ongoing inspiration, and a steady source of new people to meet. Add in an OE staff the team genuinely enjoys seeing, and the office has become more than a functional address — it’s a place the team is glad to be part of. 

The impact of a flexible “home base” 

For a growing HR services company, the biggest impact of the OE membership has been continuity paired with affordability. Peoplr has a consistent home for its business — a place for mail, client meetings, and team sessions — without paying for space it doesn’t need most of the time. That combination has made it easier to arrange in-person meetings whenever the need arises, and it’s removed a small but real logistical headache: no more trips to the Post Office to manage business mail. 

Looking ahead 

Asked where the membership might go next, Peoplr’s answer wasn’t about expanding to more space — it was about the flexibility itself. Peoplr’s need for physical office space is infrequent, and when it comes up, it can come up at the last minute. That’s exactly the gap Office Evolution has filled: a reliable, professional space that’s there when it’s needed, on Peoplr’s terms, without requiring a long-term lease or year-round overhead. 

It’s a fitting story for a company whose own core values include agility and a focus on solutions — a workspace model that flexes around the business, rather than the other way around. 

Find a workspace that flexes with your business 

Like Peoplr, a lot of growing and remote teams need a professional home base more than they need a full-time office — a real business address, meeting space for the moments that count, and a backup spot to work when home isn’t an option. Find an Office Evolution location near you and see how membership can flex around how your business actually runs.