"At the beginning of the year, we kicked off the
immigration season by sitting down with our hiring
managers and saying: 'For those of you who don't
know, this is our policy. This is why we practice
it this way, what do you think? Do you think this
is competitive, do you think that this is fair? Do
you stand behind us, and if not, let's talk about it.'
Because it is a partnership."
Premiere Employee Experience
Gulati feels Envoy helped Cvent embody
the following famous quote from Jeff Bezos,
founder and CEO of Amazon.
"Our employees trust us because Envoy has been able
to empower us to really be efficient and good at our
jobs," Perkins says. "Without it, I don't know that we'd
be able to perform the amount of work and to make
the headway that we've been able to accomplish in
the past year plus that we've been with Envoy."
"Previously, I worked
with an attorney and
now working with
Envoy, the difference is
like night and day."
- Kaitlyn Perkins
Setting Expectations Internally
Envoy's technology is guided by a passion for alleviating
the painful parts of managing the immigration process.
And that passion can be contagious: Gulati and Perkins
have taken what they've learned working with Envoy and
developed a system for managing the internal workload
of preparing a high volume of immigration cases.
First, the HR department partners with the recruiting
team to make sure everyone is on the same page, by
transforming them into "mini immigration experts" to
ensure an efficient case prep process.
Gulati and Perkins also hold meetings with hiring
managers who are bringing on a sponsored employee
for the first time. They start with a general overview of
the process then break it down into the steps involved
with case prep. Next they complete the process with
the employee. "It introduces Envoy as a resource to
the employees," Gulati says. "We don't want to be the
middleman. It's not effective for every question to be
relayed through us. Employees need to feel comfortable
going to Envoy directly."
Standardizing Policies
for the Better
Cvent also has a standardized immigration policy
that explains to all stakeholders what types
of sponsorship programs they offer, when an
employee is eligible for green card sponsorship and
other important immigration details.
"Your brand is what people
say about you when you're
not in the room"
- Jeff Bezos,
founder and CEO, Amazon
