Ep 056 : Alyssa Perlman
The Ever-Changing World of Benefits
Released on 06-15-2021 | Listen on PODBEAN
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Alyssa Perlman
The Ever-Changing World of Benefits
Alyssa Perlman is a self-proclaimed benefits nerd. As a high user of benefits herself, Alyssa draws from her own experiences to design programs that are centered around the real needs of employees and their families.
As the Senior Manager of Global Benefits for UiPath, Inc., Alyssa manages the benefits, wellbeing, and retirement programs worldwide with a focus on employee experience first. It’s no accident that Alyssa’s team continues to develop programs that land the company on top benefits lists and wellbeing spotlights. We all make tough choices every day, but Alyssa challenges her team to prioritize care and compassion in choosing where to allocate resources for maximum impact.
Alyssa has previous experience managing benefits programs across multiple industries, including consumer packaged goods and advertising. Alyssa earned two bachelor’s degrees from the University of Connecticut in Management and Psychology.
Alyssa recently moved from New Jersey to the Atlanta area with her husband and looks forward to exploring the area and settling in.
More from Alyssa…
Understanding the benefits offered to you can be overwhelming. Alyssa shares some advice on how to wade through the options that a company may present.
“…That’s something we always think about because it’s easy to want to give people more options, but in a lot of cases, giving them fewer options that are more tailored is more helpful to them. If someone’s coming in, and they’re trying to evaluate their benefits, the best thing that they can do is show up. Be present. Most of these companies, certainly ours does a benefits presentation for new hires when they come in, whether that’s live like we do, a lot of companies have things pre-recorded, or available through a third party. Use those resources.
I see a lot of the time people kind of trying to multitask through them. I understand 100% why people have the urge to do that. Even recording this podcast, I had to put a pause on my slack notifications to make sure they didn’t distract me while we’re having this conversation. Benefits are complicated. If you don’t already understand them, a lot of people feel like we’re speaking a completely different language. Sit down, give it the time and 100% of your concentration at the moment. That really helps. They’ll walk you through exactly what all those things need.
Also, take advantage of the resources. So, if your company has an advocate, team, a service center, whatever services for you to be able to call and have a dedicated person explained your benefits to you, use them. Don’t guess. If you have an internal benefits team you can talk to when you’re confused about something, always ask the question because the thing about benefits is that once you pick your plans, we’re locked into them for a long time.”
