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EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PACKAGES FOR STARTUPS

Big-company benefits without the big-company price tag

Sequoia One is committed to providing cost-effective, Fortune 500-level, benchmarked employee benefits and benefits administration for startups and small businesses.

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Sequoia One specializes in helping tech startups:

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Premier health insurance for employees

Sequoia One’s employee benefits solution is specially designed to keep your employees happy and healthy while mitigating the turbulence inherent in carrier negotiations. We go way beyond the basics of health, vision, and dental to include HSAs, FSAs, virtual care, and other premier health-related benefits that will show your employees how important their health is to your company. 

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Wellbeing benefits and beyond

Holistically support your employees with a pre-bundled mix of benefits tailored to address their physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. You’ll get access to One Medical, Rightway, Spring Health, and Origin Financial Wellness and can build up a custom bundle of additional wellbeing benefits for startups from there. To round out our offering, Sequoia One also includes benefits for commuter transit and parking, sponsored memberships and discounts, and more!
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Integrated retirement benefits

Get access to competitively-priced, high-quality 401(k) and MEP retirement plans to ensure your employees are set up for future financial success. Our expert retirement advisory team can help guide your choices, and a dedicated Sequoia One employee advocate is always there to answer employee enrollment and administrative questions.

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Comprehensive income protection

As your employer of record, Sequoia One does right by your people with quality options for income protection including Worker’s Comp coverage, flat and salary-based Basic Life/AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance, and optional supplemental life coverage options.
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HR, payroll, compliance

Our full-service, expert HR and payroll team partners with you to maximize HR compliance and coordinate your day-to-day people operations in support of your unique goals. Our dedicated employee advocates also serve as the front line for employee education, questions, and issue resolution around benefits and payroll, so you can spend more time focusing on the big picture.
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Smarter compensation

Ditch the spreadsheets and approach employee compensation strategically with the only PEO for small businesses that offers specialized comp guidance and tools that control your people spend. See and predict how your total compensation structure (spanning salary, bonuses, equity, and benefits) impacts your bottom line, establish pay equity from day one, make smart decisions about workforce growth, and ultimately guide board discussions with reliable, always-available data.
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Your startup deserves the best PEO partner

No one knows benefits better than Sequoia. With more than 24 years of expertise creating employee benefits packages for PE- and VC-backed startups, we specialize in strategic guidance, service excellence, and technology orchestration that’s proven to help attract and retain talent. With the right mix of human expertise and platform power, we’ll help your leadership team make smarter decisions about your benefits strategies, reduce administrative burdens, and deliver an elevated people experience.
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“My team at Sequoia is always presenting new ideas to me, whether it’s introducing new product capabilities, advising us on our benefits options, or helping us stay compliant with new legislation. They’re always miles ahead of me, keeping me up to speed on what I need to know and when I need to act.”

Michael Czirkak

Head of Operations•Alkymi

“Sequoia One has been fantastic about offering clear instructions. I can easily email my Sequoia team and ask for clarification or get on a phone call. It’s like having someone working with you at the company.”

Joua Thao

Director, HR • Radish

“Not only has Sequoia One taken all of the different aspects of HR and housed it in one neatly wrapped package, they’ve also given me an entire team. Working with them helped me get things done, but it also made me feel like I wasn’t alone.”

Stephanie Kawamura

Chief Operating Officer • Axiom

“Sequoia One has given me more than I expected. They always go above and beyond. These tools have helped us develop and share a company compensation philosophy around transparency and pay equity.”

Jessica Hillis

People Operations Manager • Luma Health

“From day one, Sequoia One has been an extension of our HR. Not only do they help with day-to-day tasks, but the partnership allows us to compete with larger companies and punch higher than we could on our own.”

Matt Rigdon

SVP of Global People • Searchmetrics

Sequoia One is proven to strategically guide employee benefits plans better than any other PEO

With niche expertise helping startups control benefits costs while meeting their employees’ diverse needs, Sequoia One is the PEO companies choose to help formulate competitive benefits packages that win over and retain top talent. We’re well versed in the needs of startups in all tech and life sciences industries, such as:

Apps & Games

Employee Experience

Artificial Intelligence

Automation

Backup & Recovery

Biotechnology

Business Intelligence

Cloud Infrastructure

Cybersecurity

Data Analytics

Digital Media

Ecommerce

Energy Technology

Finance

Healthcare Technology

IT

Robotics

Software

Space Technology

Telecommunications

Virtual & Augmented Reality