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Optimized Employee Benefits and Hands-On Support for High-Growth Startup Teams

Sana Rahim · Recorded 4/14/2025

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Sana Rahim, Head of People at Pearl, credits CorpStrat - Corporate Strategies Inc with transforming their employee experience by providing a hands-on brokerage service. CorpStrat successfully negotiated the best possible benefit options at the best cost while creating custom brochures and resolving daily employee inquiries, allowing Rahim to operate effectively as a team of one.

At a glance

Primary Use Case
Managing daily employee benefits inquiries and annual renewals
Reported Result
Negotiated best possible plan options at the best cost
Key Deliverable
Custom Pearl-specific employee benefits brochure
CorpStrat is able to quickly resolve the issue and also a really high quality way where our employees always feel very taken care of.
Especially as like a team of one and a high growth startup, it's been a huge benefit and service to be able to have CorpStrat as being super hands on.
CorpStrat really led the way in helping us find the best possible options for our employees at the best cost to us.

The interview

What advice would you give to someone on the fence about choosing CorpStrat?

My main advice would be, 'go for it.' They are incredibly responsive, reliable and most importantly, I think just are going to be a really important resource for your employees. If you're looking to really optimize for the employee experience and offer really wonderful benefits programs, CorpStrat is absolutely the way to go.

What is the most challenging thing you face regarding employee benefits?

I would say the most challenging thing is sometimes just the amount of questions we get in a day and also how to get the answer quickly in a way that's efficient for our employees. CorpStrat has been so helpful because whenever I get a question about finding an insurance card or inactive benefits, they are able to quickly resolve the issue in a high-quality way.

How does CorpStrat support your hiring and candidate experience?

When we're hiring new employees, they have a lot of questions about our benefits and programs. We were struggling to figure out how to thoughtfully share what we offer. CorpStrat actually created a really fantastic employee benefits brochure that's specific to Pearl.

What has been the number one benefit of working with CorpStrat?

The number one benefit is just being able to really help negotiate and organize a really thoughtful benefits offering. We have a lot of families and folks who have children, and it's really important to us that we have a benefits program that tailors to everyone's needs.

How did CorpStrat handle your renewal and open enrollment period?

When we went through our renewal and annual open enrollment period, CorpStrat really led the way in helping us find the best possible options for our employees at the best cost to us.

What is it like working with the team at CorpStrat?

The people we work with are absolutely fantastic. They're super responsive and always really quick to follow up. Our primary point of contact is Samantha, and she's someone who I feel really comfortable forwarding employee inquiries to; once I've forwarded it to her, I know she's going to be able to get back to our team.

Frequently asked

Is CorpStrat a good fit for a small HR team or a team of one?

Yes, Sana Rahim notes that as a 'team of one' in a high-growth startup, CorpStrat acts as a huge resource by being super hands-on and supportive in handling all day-to-day employee inquiries.

Full transcript

If someone was on the fence about choosing CorpStrat, my main advice would be, "go for it." They are incredibly responsive, reliable and most importantly, I think just are going to be a really important resource for your employees. So If you're looking to really optimize for the employee experience and offer really wonderful benefits programs and have resources for your employees along the way. CorpStrat is absolutely the way to go. Hi, my name is Sana Rahim and I am currently the head of people at Pearl. I would say the, the most challenging thing with employee benefits questions is sometimes just like the amount of questions we get in a day and also how to kind of get the answer quickly in a way that's efficient for our employees. And I would say CorpStrat has been so helpful because whenever I get an employee question about where do I find my insurance card or my benefits are showing as inactive CorpStrat is able to quickly resolve the issue and also a really high quality way where our employees always feel very taken care of. So especially as like a team of one and a high growth startup, it's been a huge benefit and service to be able to have CorpStrat as being super hands on and supportive in handling all the day to day employee inquiries we get on benefits. One very real example of something that CorpStrat helped to solve for us is when we're hiring new employees, they have a lot of questions about our benefits, our programs, what we offer. We're sometimes just struggling to figure out how to really thoughtfully share with candidates what we offer as an employer. CorpStrat actually created a really fantastic employee benefits brochure that's specific to Pearl. I would say the number one benefit that CorpStrat has offered us is just being able to really help negotiate and organize a really thoughtful benefits offering. We have a lot of families and folks who have children as a part of our company. And it's really important to us that we have a benefits program that tailors to everyone's needs. When we went through kind of our renewal and annual open enrollment period, CorpStrat really led the way in helping us find the best possible options for our employees at the best cost to us. So I would say that's the main thing. At CorpStrat, the people we work with are absolutely fantastic. They're super responsive always really quick to follow up. Our primary point of contact is Samantha and she's someone who I feel really comfortable forwarding employee inquiries to and I don't really have to think about it again. Once I know that I forwarded it to her, I know she's going to be able to get back to our team. My overall experience working with CorpStrat has been just really wonderful. For me it's really just a huge resource. I'm incredibly stretched as a team of one and so really, really grateful to have CorpStrat who's really able to field all of our benefits questions from employees. If you're looking for a brokerage that's going to help you negotiate to get the best possible plans, but also, that's going to be very hands on with employee communication and employee questions. CorpStrat is absolutely the place to go.

About CorpStrat - Corporate Strategies Inc

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CorpStrat - Corporate Strategies Inc provides simplified employee benefits and insurance solutions through a high-tech and high-touch approach. They serve businesses, HR departments, and professionals by combining innovative technology with expert human insight to manage complex insurance needs. For clients like Pearl, they transform frustrating administrative processes into efficient programs that provide clarity and peace of mind.

Industry
Employee Benefits Solutions

Topics

  • employee benefits
  • hr tech
  • startup
  • insurance brokerage
  • cost optimization
  • head of people

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