UrbanBound

UrbanBound lets healthcare employers speed up reimbursement of a new hire’s moving costs, even before that person is on payroll. Physicians and nurses often pay for travel, housing, and shipping out of pocket while they wait for a start date, and the hospital or clinic still needs to fill the role. Staff submit expenses through the platform, which keeps paperwork light for the new hire and the team approving it. Paying sooner also keeps the first weeks of a new job from starting with a money gap.

Media Companies Connecting Relocating Hires With Future Colleagues

With UrbanBound, studios and media companies can connect relocating employees with their soon-to-be co-workers before the move. A creative hire moving for a studio role rarely knows anyone in the new city, and HR cannot speak for what daily life there is like. Future co-workers share tips on things to do, life outside the office, and what to expect at the new workplace. Advice from a peer carries more weight than a company message, and it gives the new hire someone to ask before arriving.

Construction Firms Arranging Services Across Project Locations

Construction firms use UrbanBound’s vetted supplier network to arrange services for staff moving to a new site, so no one has to search for providers in each location. Project work sends supervisors and engineers to different cities, and each move would otherwise need its own round of calls and invoices. The supplier network covers that research, and the platform keeps the program in one place, so moves follow one process instead of being handled case by case. With sites changing often, having vetted suppliers ready for each location keeps moving consistent.

Technology Companies Managing Relocation Questions During Rapid Hiring

Relocation questions at a fast-growing technology company can go to a dedicated UrbanBound consultant instead of the HR team. These companies tend to hire in waves, and a small HR group cannot walk every new engineer through a move at the same time. The consultant maps out each employee’s relocation plan, keeps it on track, and answers questions and requests as they come up. As hiring grows, the number of moves grows, and questions go to the consultant instead of one HR inbox.

Is UrbanBound Right For You?

UrbanBound may be a good fit for HR and talent teams at companies that relocate employees, candidates, or interns and find it hard to manage those moves as hiring, locations, or program size grow. The platform may also suit organizations where several teams need the same view of relocation activity. HR, talent acquisition, and finance teams can follow budget, spend, and move progress from one set of reports instead of collecting the data by hand.

Relocation involves personal details such as home addresses and Social Security numbers, so data protection matters to buyers. UrbanBound uses commercially reasonable measures meant to protect personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. It does not collect or store clients’ financial information, and a third-party vendor handles all payment processing. Its customers include Mayo Clinic, Pixar, Zillow, Indeed, and Peloton.

Still not sure if UrbanBound is right for you? Contact our customer support team at (661) 384-7070, who will help you make the best decision.