Deel's back office got 90,000 hours back in a few months.
By Alaminpro · September 26, 2026 · Curated by George's Blog
Deel's back office got 90,000 hours back in a few months.
Not by hiring. By handing off the tasks everyone was "too good at" to give away.
You probably have one. A task you'll do this month that you already did last month. And the month before.
You're not bad at it. That's the problem — you're so good at it nobody's taking it off your plate.
I picked the worst one on our team to test Akai: payroll file prep. 300 clients, 300 spreadsheet formats, one rigid template, no API.
I didn't build an automation. I recorded my screen doing the job once and talked through it.
That was it. Akai found the tools, asked permission, and wrote its own SOP.
27 hours → 1 hour of review.
That's one task. Across our back office, it added up to 90,000 hours.
Comment and I'll send you 20 things a 100-person company can automate this month.