When considering commuter benefits, the array of options available can be overwhelming. At Jawnt, our aim is to facilitate convenient and sustainable commuting for your employees. While both Flex Facts and Jawnt provide commuter benefits, there are a few key differences–keep reading to learn more. 

Focus on transit

Jawnt’s #1 priority is transit. Whereas other benefits providers like Flex Facts may consider commuter benefits a box to be ticked after FSAs, HSAs, dependent care FSAs, and other reimbursement arrangements, at Jawnt, commuter benefits is our only focus. We help employers provide thoughtful, valuable transit benefits that are easy to use–and that means employees actually use them.

Spotlighting transit also means that we foster deep connections with transit providers. For instance, through our partnership with SEPTA, we bring commuter savings that go far beyond pre-tax benefits. By partnering with SEPTA, the cost of a monthly pass is reduced from ~$200+ down to ~$28. This cost can be split with your employees and we handle the deductions. For most employees, that benefit pays for itself in just three rides into the city–which is certainly an incentive to get back into the office. 

Support

When it comes to making or breaking a benefits platform, support is key. Our team offers human support, whether by phone, chat, or email–and not just for HR administrators. Unlike Flex Facts, Jawnt support is available to both employees and employers. So if one of your team members has a question about their benefits, keep it off your to-do list, and send them our way. We’re also happy to help field questions about our transit partners, so we can do things like help activate your SEPTA card and make sure you never miss a benefit. Plus, our average response time to new tickets is under ten minutes!

Making it easy for employees

What good are benefits if no one uses them? We’ve heard from plenty of HR professionals who aim to offer greener and more sustainable transit options, only to see months later that barely any of their employees actually use them. Organizations switching to Jawnt from another benefits platform regularly see their employee enrollment numbers drastically increase, and it’s because Jawnt is easy-to-use and transit-first in a way that other benefits providers aren’t. 

For instance, bike-riding employees have no incentive to use other benefits providers because they don’t cover bikeshare benefits. Jawnt, on the other hand, through a partnership with Philly’s Indego bikeshare, does. Employees can also choose their own benefits and un-enroll within the app whenever they want–no outsourcing work to HR teams or being locked in to certain benefits. And since Jawnt does the buying, there’s no need for employees to submit receipts. Less friction means more people using transit benefits, leading to a lessening demand for limited parking, as well as greener and more sustainable organizations. 

All the integrations you need

Jawnt integrates 100+ other HR technology platforms–because there’s nothing worse than having to re-build your entire tech stack–including popular services like ADP, bambooHR, Gusto, Justworks, Square, Trinet and Workday If your integration isn’t set up to work with Jawnt, you can simply send us your HR roster via flat file over SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol), and we will provide you with both the documentation and the server for your team to be able to transfer an updated HR roster on a regular basis.

Migration is a breeze

Ready to switch? We make it easy, with no interruption of benefits.. Jawnt onboarding can get started with just the benefits being offered, the employee subsidy per benefit, and a roster file. If you need to move fast, we can do that too–some employers can be up and running in just a few days. And because we know no-one wants to try to remember another password, we can also work with your IT team to implement single sign-on (SSO) for you and your employees.

Interested in seeing what Jawnt can do for your organization? Schedule a demo today!