{"podcast":{"title":"It's About Payroll","slug":"it-s-about-payroll-7044879","podcast_index_feed_id":7044879,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/itsaboutpayroll","website_url":"https://wrkdefined.com/podcast/its-about-payroll","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/dc43c432-79b0-11ef-b484-8b4888f64c54/image/a92b382105c248bdf7cb90017ccb5193.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"WRKdefined","episode_count":213,"summary":"Brian Escobar and Walter William Duncan III are the hosts of It’s About Payroll. Collectively, they have over 4 decades of experience in the payroll industry. This podcast was created with the intent of sharing their knowledge and attracting new talent to the payroll industry. ItsAboutPayroll.io You can access their LinkedIn profiles. https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/escobarbrian https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/william-duncan-477051187","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/it-s-about-payroll-7044879"},"episode":{"title":"Why All Roads Lead to Payroll and Workday Knows It","slug":"why-all-roads-lead-to-payroll-and-workday-knows-it","published_at":"2025-11-24T03:42:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/it-s-about-payroll-7044879/why-all-roads-lead-to-payroll-and-workday-knows-it","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/it-s-about-payroll-7044879","url":"https://www.itsaboutpayroll.io/","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/DIRED5250284491.mp3?updated=1763956691","summary":"In this episode of It’s About Payroll, Brian and Walt sit down with Trista Yerkich-Faul, an 18-year Certified Payroll Professional and former Workday HCM consultant with deep expertise bridging payroll operations and HR technology . Trista breaks down one of the industry’s biggest misconceptions: that Workday is only for large enterprises. She explains how Workday Go, a streamlined deployment methodology, now enables small and midsize businesses to go live in as little as 60 days at roughly 10–15% of historical deployment costs . She also reveals why 25% of companies switch payroll providers every year, often due to poor service and tech fatigue, and how Workday’s single-code-line architecture eliminates file transfers, manual prorations, and reconciliation headaches that plague other systems . Trista highlights plug-and-play package solutions—like the Payroll Transparency Dashboard, which can reduce HR ticket volume by up to 60%—making Workday even more accessible for lean teams . Listeners walk away with a clear picture of how Workday supports growth, reduces prep time from days to hours, and provides long-term stability that helps businesses avoid repeated system overhauls.","meta_description":"In this episode of It’s About Payroll, Brian and Walt sit down with Trista Yerkich-Faul, an 18-year Certified Payroll Professional and former Workday HCM…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2979,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/it-s-about-payroll-7044879/episodes/why-all-roads-lead-to-payroll-and-workday-knows-it/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/it-s-about-payroll-7044879/why-all-roads-lead-to-payroll-and-workday-knows-it.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}