Built on Integrity.
Driven by Justice.
Making HR human again.
Who We Serve
Supporting businesses that lead with humanity and individuals who deserve better.
The Shiftly
HR consulting for small businesses. We help good companies build strong, people-centered HR foundations without getting overcharged or taken advantage of.
- HR systems, payroll, and compliance support
- Strategic guidance that actually supports your people
- Direct access to people who care about your outcome
Our Values
These principles guide every decision we make and every relationship we build.
Integrity
We do what's right, even when it's hard. No shortcuts. No compromises on ethics.
Humanity
Every decision starts with how it impacts real lives. HR is human to the core.
Grit
We show up, do the hard work, and keep going. Discipline and results matter.
Justice
We challenge systems that harm and hold bad actors accountable. Always.
Small Team. Big Community.
Guided by shared values and a commitment to doing the work the right way.
Our Core Team
Small, dedicated team. Shared values. Humanity first is how we support each other, our clients, and our community.
For you: Direct access to people who care about your outcome. Partners who pay attention and see everyone as human first.
Our Growing Community
A growing community on social media who believe in integrity, accountability, and showing up. People who understand the work matters, but people matter more.
This community makes everything possible. When we all do our part, there's a little more justice in the world.
How It Started
From our founder, Mary Southworth:
I started working at 13, building something real from almost nothing. As my career accelerated, I found myself in rooms with executives, founders, and billionaires, earning every seat through discipline and results.
But the higher I rose, the more I watched decisions made to protect power rather than people. Some skirted legal lines. Others harmed the very employees who trusted leadership to do what was right.
Eventually, the truth was unavoidable: to keep advancing, I would have had to participate in the wrongdoing or look away.
I walked away from the world I had spent a decade working for. Leaving meant letting go of the plan, the structure, and the identity I had built from the ground up.
But I did it.
I created The Shiftly and HR Honey to use everything I learned in those rooms to challenge the systems that harm people and support the ones trying to do better.
Building something real from almost nothing. But this time, I know my power, and I'm determined to share it with a growing community that believes in the same values.
Hopeful enough to believe in better.
Relentless enough to make it happen.
Beyond the Work
Where knowledge, experience,
and action meet responsibility.
We carry the privilege of stability and access. Not everyone receives that same foundation.
The line between stability and struggle is thinner than most people want to admit. That truth calls us to keep showing up.
Learning is central.
We study people, systems, barriers and breakthroughs. The more we understand, the more impactful our support becomes.
Each quarter, we choose a cause. We offer workplace insight, HR strategy, financial literacy, and practical guidance. Whatever the moment calls for, we show up.
One constant: CASA.
Children in foster care are living through instability they didn't choose. CASA volunteers provide advocacy, consistency, and a voice when everything else is uncertain.
Real impact isn't individual. It's collective strength lived out in action.
Change happens when we learn, act,
and do it together.
Stand with a child who needs someone in their corner:
Become a CASA VolunteerReady to Take the Next Step?
Whether you need strategic HR support, empowerment tools, or a community that gets it - we've got you covered.