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# Processors

After the timesheet is approved it is sent to the Processor.

To get everyone paid before their mortgage defaults, they rapidly move the timesheet forward through a number of states as they work on making payments and/or charging their clients for the work, if applicable.

Processors may work at a staffing agency or within the People Ops department in a company, or the processor could be a solo founder who has hired some freelancers.