Workforce Benefits Platform

Stabilize your team in crisis. Strengthen your culture through engagement.

CommonGround combines dual-funder crisis assistance, licensed life-transition counselors, and culture-building activities into one platform. Two things your workforce needs. One vendor.

$5,000 avg. cost of employee financial stress per year
47% of employees would leave for an employer with a crisis fund

Crisis Support

Dual-funder assistance fund + licensed life-transition counselors. Available within 24 hours. HR never sees individual applications.

Culture Engagement

Employee spotlights, skill shares, team-building activities. Delivered weekly via Slack or Teams. No HR burden.

One Platform

Stop managing three vendors. CommonGround delivers both pillars from a single login, a single invoice.

Two pillars. One platform.

Most employee benefits address one problem. CommonGround addresses two.

01

Crisis Support

Dual-funder crisis assistance fund combined with licensed counselors who specialize in life transitions — divorce, domestic violence, family crisis. Available within 24 hours. Fully administered by CommonGround. HR never touches individual applications.

  • Both employer and employee contributions accepted
  • Licensed clinical specialists, not general counselors
  • Online application portal with real-time status
  • Independent review committee for fairness and consistency
02

Culture Engagement

Employee spotlights, team-building, skill shares, and connection-building activities — built for remote and hybrid teams. Weekly engagement runs automatically via Slack or Teams. No HR burden.

  • Employee spotlights — humanize your distributed workforce
  • Skill share sessions — surface and share internal expertise
  • Team challenges — friendly competition that builds real connection
  • Connection prompts — questions that spark meaningful conversations

How it works

Up and running in two weeks. No HR burden.

1

We onboard your company

One call. We configure your fund parameters, eligibility rules, and committee structure. You set the budget — we handle the rest.

2

Employees get a welcome guide

We draft and deliver a plain-language guide explaining what's available, how to access it, and how contributions work. No jargon.

3

Engagement runs automatically

Weekly activities land in Slack or Teams. No HR involvement required. The culture engine does the work.

Crisis hits. We handle it.

Employee applies, counselor is assigned, fund committee reviews. You get a notification. The rest is confidential. Your team gets what they need.

21% higher profitability at companies with engaged employees

The business case

A stable workforce is a productive one.

Financial stress costs employers an average of $5,000 per employee per year in lost productivity. Turnover after a workplace crisis can cost 50–200% of annual salary to replace. CommonGround addresses both — crisis support and culture engagement, from a single vendor.

59% less turnover at companies with high employee engagement
47% of employees would leave for an employer that sponsors an emergency fund
45% of remote employees struggle to feel connected to company culture
Why this exists
"The best employers don't just pay well. They show up when life happens."

Divorce doesn't care about your quarterly targets. A domestic violence situation doesn't wait for a good quarter. A family health crisis doesn't respect your headcount planning. Your benefits system shouldn't either.

CommonGround was built for the moments between the performance reviews and the all-hands meetings. The moments when an employee needs their company to be more than a paycheck — and another needs to feel genuinely connected to the people they work alongside.

When that employee gets the help they need — quickly, confidentially, without judgment — they don't just recover. They remember. And they stay.