Open enrollment is finally here—which often means late nights, never-ending work, and high stress. We know how overwhelming this season can feel, which is why we’re here to make you laugh. Laughter wards off the negative effects of stress, boosts your immune system, improves your mood, and diminishes pain you might be feeling.
You’ve heard the saying, “Laughter is the best medicine.” Here is some medicine to help you through open enrollment:
“I will find you…and I will make you enroll in health benefits.”
Trying to make every employee sign up for health benefits during open enrollment can be exhausting. Almost as exhausted as Liam Neeson’s character in Taken! Especially when you care so much about your employees, you may be calling each one up as the deadline approaches, just to make sure they’ve signed up for their benefits.
Explaining mental health benefits
Mental health benefits have become more important than ever throughout the pandemic. Nearly 23% of employees say they feel depressed and hopeless often, yet at the same time, opening up a conversation about mental health can be really challenging. When mental health is so stigmatized in the workplace, you may face responses like Dwight’s from The Office.
We see you continually starting conversations about mental health, and we applaud you for that!
Trying to figure out challenging software
Some BenAdmin and HRIS systems can feel impossible to use—like at any moment, your computer might just burst up into flames. That’s why it’s really important to find HR software that is intuitive and meant to make your life easier, not harder. You already have a lot of challenges to face, and software shouldn’t be one of them.
Validating yourself
Open enrollment can often feel grueling and thankless. No one seems to notice the amount of work you put into it to make it successful for all your employees. Sometimes, you have to validate yourself and pat yourself on the back. You’re doing amazing work that will change the lives of your employees for the better—even if no one outright says it. “Hang in there!”
Finally finishing open enrollment season successfully
When open enrollment season ends and all your employees are signed up for health insurance, you and your HR team will feel like Nick from New Girl… “we did it!” But if you want to make open enrollment easier and less stressful next season, LearnYour Benefits is here for you.
With LearnYour Benefits, you’ll save weeks’ worth of benefits communications work. We’ll take the stress and work off your shoulders by creating your messaging, populating your resources, and building your benefits education site.
The support you’ll receive from us doesn’t end with open enrollment. You’ll have our easy-to-use software to help you answer benefits questions throughout the year, long after open enrollment ends. Schedule a demo today.
