Friends with Employee Benefits

About Friends with Employee Benefits

The podcast that tackles trending topics in the employee benefits and HR world… and hopefully entertains along the way. Tune in biweekly to stay informed of the latest trends and industry insights to help you develop an exceptional workplace.

Publisher

OneDigital CT

Category

business · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Aug 2019

Latest episode

10 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

3 of 78 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   10 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Why 17% of the Workday Is Lost—and How Employers Can Get It Back with Jon Cooper, CEO of Overalls

   In this episode, host Jeff Cross sits down with Jon Cooper, Founder and CEO of Overalls, to explore how employees lose 17% of their workday to personal life distractions, and what employers can do to reclaim that time. Cooper shares the surprising range of issues Overalls tackles and why a broad, comprehensive support model outperforms traditional point solutions. Together, they dig into the impressive ROI organizations are seeing as employees regain hours of productivity. Tune in to discover why reducing distraction isn’t just compassionate—it’s a strategic advantage. Music By: Colin Cross Music

2. 

   4 Nov 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Transforming Benefits with AI: From Confusion to Clarity with Rohan D’Souza, Co-Founder & CEO of Avante

   Employers are spending more than ever on healthcare, yet many benefits go underused and employees remain unsure how to navigate them. The problem isn’t the benefits themselves, but the outdated ways they’re managed and communicated. In this episode, host Jeff Cross talks with Rohan D’Souza, Co-Founder & CEO of Avante, about how AI is transforming benefits. Together, they explore how AI-powered real-time employee guidance and continuous insight into benefit usage and sentiment can help organizations lower costs, improve utilization, and build smarter strategies - including how we here at OneDigital have implemented it for our own employee population. If you’re looking for practical ways to make your benefits work harder through the power of AI – for both your people and your bottom line – this episode is for you. Music By: Colin Cross Music

3. 

   14 Oct 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Captive Success Story: Horst Engineering's Path to Cost Control & Employee Wellbeing with Anthony Luis, Director of HR & Administration

   Host Jeff Cross interviews Anthony Luis, Director of HR & Administration at Horst Engineering, about their successful transition to a group healthcare captive for cost control and enhanced employee wellbeing.

Inside a recent episode

Why 17% of the Workday Is Lost—and How Employers Can Get It Back with Jon Cooper, CEO of Overalls

Published 10 Dec 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Can you give some examples of what that means? Yeah, so we largely think of it as three categories. First we call daily distractors, and these are the things that happen to everyone, and they happen all the time. So a few examples I often use, but two weeks ago, my 11 -year -old son, he kicked a soccer ball through his bedroom window, and fixing that situation ordinarily would be hours of work of trying to find the contractor to do it. They have to come in, they take the measurements, they then custom order the glass. On top of it, we had to replace the whole window frame, it was a whole situation, but that's an example of a daily distractor. […]

Who has been a guest on Friends with Employee Benefits

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Anthony Luis
• Brian Cutler
• George Nightingale
• Adriana Medina
• Darrin Tulley

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

26 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 39 / 100

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Quality

59

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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