90% of Nextdoor’s employees regularly use their Compt perks
Global reach
With Compt, Nextdoor now has an easy-to-use tool to help support employees across 8 different countries
A wide variety of perks
They used to offer a corporate gym membership. They now cover that + over 20 unique health & wellness perks
“Prior to Compt, we offered a corporate gym membership with two local gyms. As we completed our annual benefits and perks analysis, we wanted to offer a broader stipend to support our global employee base. Compt helped us achieve that global reach and flexibility.”
Kelley Nekota
People Operations Specialist, Nextdoor, Inc.
About the Company
Nextdoor is where neighbors turn for trusted connections and the exchange of helpful information, goods, and services. Nextdoor’s purpose is to cultivate a kinder world where everyone has a neighborhood they can rely on. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, CA, Nextdoor connects neighbors to each other — and to everything nearby including: neighbors, local businesses, services, recommendations and stuff for sale from the people down the block. Nextdoor serves 11 countries, supports 270,000 neighborhoods globally, and has helped drive 50 million local business recommendations from neighbors.
The Problem
Nextdoor offered a corporate gym membership to two gyms, one of which was on the first floor of their main HQ office building. They recognized how this way of offering health and wellness support was:
Only convenient for employees close to those two gyms
Manual and time-consuming from an administrative standpoint
Not inclusive for out-of-state employees and international employees, for employees who prefer yoga, hiking, or any other wellness activity outside of the gym, or for any mental health needs
It was clear the wellness stipend had room for improvement, but they didn’t know there was a tool designed specifically to help solve their main issues...until someone recommended they use Compt.
The Solution
Nextdoor now uses Compt to:
Extend their employee benefits to their global team members
House and track stipend utilization
Cut down on repetitive manual auditing
Provide more inclusive and empathetic support for their people’s changing needs while working remote
“Working remotely has been a challenge for many employees, so our focus is on ‘How do we get through this time together? What more can we do?’ With Compt, we’re able to prioritize our employees’ unique health and wellness needs in a powerful way.”
Kelley Nekota
People Operations Specialist, Nextdoor, Inc.
Inclusive perks with global reach
Nextdoor went from providing a fully-covered corporate gym membership that only a fraction of their US employees could use...
To providing a monthly Wellness Stipend that supports ALL of their employees across the globe to achieve their individual wellness goals.
In the past year alone, this translated into over two dozen unique health & wellness categories including fitness wearables, fitness classes, massage therapy, Peloton subscriptions, personal training, workout apparel and more.
A single platform to streamline administration
The approval process for Nextdoor’s employee perks also became significantly easier, for both their employees and Nextdoor’s People Team.
What used to be a multi-step process that was unpredictable and unscalable can now be done in one place and in a few clicks.
“From an administrative perspective, we’re accustomed to looking at our FSA carrier sites, ADP and other HR software, and what stood out with Compt is how modern and user-friendly the platform is. It’s simple for both our team and our employees to use.”
Kelley Nekota
People Operations Specialist, Nextdoor, Inc.
What Nextdoor gained with Compt
A way to adapt to the current climate and support their employees’ changing needs
Perks that have global reach
An easier process for their employees
A broader set of inclusive perks
“With any stipend or perk that you offer your employees, you always hope that they actually use it. With Compt, we’re happy that not only are employees using their stipends, but they are also using it in creative and unique ways that best cater to their needs.
