A Healthy Return on HR Investments
Alight is focused on personalizing the experience for all workers—starting with its own employees.
WELL-BEING HAS BECOME A CORNERSTONE of workplace culture. Employers realize that they are on the frontlines of supporting their workforces—81% state that well-being programs are more important now than they were just one year ago, according to a study by Alight, a leading cloud-based human capital and technology services provider that plays a pivotal role in helping organizations connect the dots among people, work, and life.
“Our people are changing the employee experience for millions of workers around the world,” says Alight CEO Stephan Scholl. “That alone gets our people excited to show up to work every morning.”
The Lincolnshire, Ill.–based organization provides solutions and services to more than 70% of the Fortune 100 and 50% of the Fortune 500 companies, which accounts for 36 million staff members and dependents worldwide. Its integrated digital HR platform, Alight Worklife®, acts as the “digital front door” to benefits and HR programs that can cut complexities and empower workers to make better decisions about their health and wealth.
“We help some of the biggest employers answer the question, ‘How healthy and financially secure are my employees?’” says Alight chief HR officer Michael Rogers. “Of course, we have to ask our ourselves that as well.”
At Alight, the company’s own workers are the ones that benefit first from its innovative solutions and products. And the return on investment is tangible. Leadership has seen increased productivity, improved employee experience, and quantifiable cost improvements—as well as a decreasing attrition rate.
“We’ve been able to retain and hire some of the best people in the industry because they understand the vision of who we are,” says Scholl. “They see Alight’s mission of helping employees stay healthy and become financially secure.”
This commitment to the well-being of its own people has landed Alight on the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list for the first time. But this is just the beginning of the company’s efforts to deliver for its workforce and its clients, according to Rogers.
“We’re creating something really special at Alight,” says Rogers. “I’m proud of the culture we’ve built and the contributions our people make every day. Our success starts with them.” ■