Although headquartered in Boston, Quickbase is a worldwide company with employees across the US, UK, Europe, and Asia. As Global Benefits Manager at Quickbase, Kevin Sullivan manages benefits for the company\u2019s 600+ remote-first employees across 46 U.S. states and several international locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Challenge: manual processes holding back company growth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Quickbase’s payroll team was drowning in the manual calculations of reimbursing employees’ expenses. When an employee submitted a claim, staff had to look up previous submissions and calculate the remaining balances. Having seen Compt’s impact firsthand at his previous company. Kevin wanted to verify it was the right solution for Quickbase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I wanted to do my due diligence to understand how the program was working internally and what administrative frictions we had,” he explains. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n His team needed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n After checking the boxes with his evaluation, he was ready to share Compt with company stakeholders. And when he did, the response was immediate and positive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n What impressed everyone was the platform’s simplicity, flexibility, and adaptable framework, convincing the team that they had found their solution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Quickbase began its journey with Compt by introducing health and wellness stipends for employees worldwide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The magic of Compt’s flexibility allowed Quickbase to think differently about wellness. Instead of limiting benefits to traditional gym memberships, they embraced a more inclusive approach. Employees have used their $1,250 annual wellness benefit to reimburse thousands of purchases, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kevin explains, “If you get your health and wellness from gardening, meditating, or hiking… this means different things to different people.”<\/strong> Employees quickly caught on to this more expanded philosophy of supporting wellness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And, because Compt supports global operations with international payroll system integrations and multiple currencies, Quickbase employees worldwide now have equitable access to benefits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “An employee in Bulgaria has the same user experience as an employee in the US,” Kevin shares. “So nobody can sit there and go, ‘Well, why did they have this and we don’t have this?'” <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n By adopting Compt, Kevin\u2019s team is offering a unified global benefits experience that works for all employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I married a math major for a very specific reason,” Kevin jokes. “The fewer numbers I need to calculate, the better it is for everybody.”<\/strong>
For a company planning significant growth, this benefit program wasn’t sustainable.
Luckily, Kevin saw an opportunity to streamline how Quickbase handled employee benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat next: exploring solutions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Solution: the breakthrough<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Results: impact in action<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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