Discounts platform extends benefits offering to engage employees, produces savings of more than £23K

The challenge

After surveying her 750 employees, iForce HR Business Partner Clare Spiers realised the majority were unhappy with their pay and benefits. Increasing salaries wasn’t an option at the time, so Clare began to research benefits to help extend the value of her employees’ salaries, and spoke with several companies that focussed heavily on salary sacrifice schemes.

As many staff at iForce were low-income earners, salary sacrifice wasn’t an attractive option as the employees did not have expendable income.

But when she spoke with Reward Gateway, its consultants offered something beyond just salary sacrifice programs: A discounts platform to make her employees’ salaries go further. From that moment on, Clare says, the decision to choose Reward Gateway was easy.

As with many organisations, budget was a concern for her leadership team. But Clare won over her HR director, CEO and the rest of the executive team with a presentation highlighting the potential ROI the company stood to gain from putting in place a robust discounts platform, and the amount of money the employees would save in the long run. With a green light and just six weeks to launch in time for the holidays, Clare began the consultation process.