How Gusto Provides Prismm with an Easy and Fully Integrated Platform for Payroll, Benefits, and Employee Management
Technology has rapidly transformed many industries. But two decades ago, event planners and venues were still relying on pen and paper to design events. Prismm was launched in 2014 to help teams easily collaborate online while building events. The company’s intuitive software helps event organizers plan how the physical space for events will look, show clients their vision, and help venues execute the vision.
There's been huge demand for event collaboration platforms so Prismm has had to quickly scale. Dekel Vered, Head of Human Resources, joined Prismm five years ago to lead people operations. While Prismm was using Gusto from the start to run payroll, Dekel led the decision to take full advantage of the Gusto platform to help the growing team. Prismm assesses the needs of its employees annually and as they started growing their 5-person company a few years ago, they knew they needed to add health insurance, since many of their new employees had families and dependents.
Prismm initially set up health benefits for their employees outside of Gusto but knew they wanted help with ongoing management and see a wider plan selection at their upcoming renewal, so they began working with Gusto to learn how they could help. Prismm now uses Gusto for payroll, health benefits administration, retirement benefits administration, and employee management.
Dekel shares:
“As a smaller company, we wanted something easy and budget-friendly. Gusto was great because it had everything like payroll, benefits, and HR tools like employee surveys all in one place. Gusto was the best choice for Prismm.”
With Gusto, Prismm Gets Tailored Insurance Plans Across Different States and Dedicated Support
Gusto guided Prismm through the process of offering health insurance plans to employees. A Gusto benefits advisor presented the Prismm team with a curated list of insurance plans that would best fit the needs of their employees while staying within budget and ensuring compliance across different state regulations.
“Gusto showed us the kind of health insurance plans we were looking for so it was easy for us to make decisions. We also didn’t have to worry about the fact that we have employees all across the U.S. since they made sure to take that into consideration.”
It was also easy for Dekel to help employees understand their health insurance benefits. The Gusto benefits advisor showed her how to present the plans to employees and provided resources like tutorial videos.
“Gusto makes getting health insurance easy and accessible. We don’t have to worry about hundreds of pages of PDFs and plan information, or all those little things. They do the hard backend work.”
“Having a dedicated person like the Gusto benefits advisor support us through the whole process was a really great experience. It made my job much easier.”
The benefits advisor helps with the annual renewal process as well. The advisor sends out email reminders when it’s time to renew and a short survey to see what worked and didn’t with the previous years’ health insurance plan options. Using the data from the survey, the advisor provides an updated tailored list.
“The Gusto benefits advisor saves me so much time and hard work when it’s time to renew health insurance plans. I just say ‘Oh, this works’ or ‘I need some changes’ and that’s it.”
How Gusto Has Helped Prismm Almost Triple Their Team in 5 Years
Prismm has grown from 30 employees to 86 employees in just five years. Being able to offer a competitive health benefits package was one of the key ways that Prismm quickly attracted and hired the quality talent they needed.
“Being able to provide medical benefits definitely makes Prismm more attractive to prospective employees. Most companies offer benefits today and even as a smaller company, we can compete for talent because Gusto has made it so easy for us to provide health insurance and 401(k) plans. Gusto also makes it easy for the employees to enroll once they join.”
Dekel credits a comprehensive benefits package as a big part of why Prismm employees stay once they join the company.
As the Head of Human Resources, Dekel is always looking for more ways she can support employees. She’s considering offering life insurance and long-term disability insurance soon. Dekel is also aware that most Prismm employees are remote and she’s been thinking through how to help them with their work-life balance with benefits like gym membership stipends.
“It's nice to know that your employer cares about you, that the company you work for is invested in supporting your well-being.”
