mello is a YC S21 company. We’re building the new standard that companies use to measure, track and action on burnout. To inspire happier, healthier, more motivated teams. We know talent is extremely difficult to acquire right now and retaining team members is even more difficult in a remote-first world.
Here’s how mello can help you and your team combat burnout today:
mello (a simple slack integration) checks in with all of your employees on a weekly basis with a set of 20 questions (It sounds like a lot, but takes 2-3 mins to complete according to our 10K+ respondents) via our mello index which we’ve scientifically designed to measure their burnout score.
Users get a score (from 0-80) placing them in one of 5 zones from not mello (burnt out) to mello mastery (In flow state).
Users will then get a list of “nudges” or actions they can take increase their mello score and move up their mello zone.
If you currently offer employee benefits, have an EAP (Employee Assistant Plans), wellness perks like BetterUp, Modern Health or Calm and Headspace, you can plug them into the nudges and surface this to your employees every week, when they need it most! (so hopefully they stop asking: “What benefits do we have again?”)
We as team mello also have a list of resources on how to deal with burnout symptoms like exhaustion, anxiety, depression and surface them in nudges to your employees during each check-in so users have tangible actions and next steps they can take.
As the admin you will get a mello dashboard that will give you trending data on how your team is doing overall and how individuals are doing (mello gives individuals the ability to share their check-in score with you or keep it anonymous).
How to redeem this YC offer:
We’ve heard of burnout in our S21 batch and we know founders and motivated employees face burnout too (trust me we’ve been there) so we’re happy to offer YC teams the chance to try mello FREE for 28-days instead of 21.
To redeem the offer, please use our magic code: YC4WEEKS when you Register here
Want to see the product before you try it? You can book a 15min demo with Arisa from our team.
We’re living through unprecedented times at the moment, so aside from crushing it as you all are doing, remember to stay mello!
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Some FAQ’s:
Q: Will my employees want to fill-out a survey every week?
A: Our average completion rate across 600+ users is 70%, we’ve heard users say “I look forward to doing my mello check-in every week because it gives me time to reflect.” or "the check-in experience of mello is smooth as butter.” or “I carve out 5mins each week to do it, and I love that it takes so little time and I get value out of it right away.”
Q: So my employees can do this anonymously or share their score with me?
A: Yes, users have the option of doing their mello check-in anonymously or non-anonymously, it’s entirely up to them. (Fun fact: 60% of employees using mello choose to share who they are with managers and HR!)
Q: What’s the science behind your index? Why should I trust it?
A: We tested our index with over 10K+ respondents who’re today’s knowledge workers to dial in the zones and scores for accuracy!
Q: Why is it important to get our employees into the ‘mello mastery zone’ or to achieve flow?
A: I’m so glad you asked! Adam Grant, one of today’s leading thinkers in organizational psychology said that “Researchers found that during the pandemic the best predictor of wellbeing was not optimism, it was flow.” (His TEDTalk on flourishing/flow delves into more detail) so the more you can get yourself and your employees into flow the better it is for their wellbeing and help them not burn out!
Q. How much is mello after the 28-day free trial?
$5 per employee per month (for the first-year) or $90 per employee per year. If pricing post-trial is a barrier for you but you want to continue to use it mello cause you find value, happy to chat at [email protected]
Myself, @alex, @geordie and @derek are thrilled to introduce you to mello, your workplace fello.
mello is the easiest way for companies to measure, track and increase employee wellbeing.
Our vision is to bring wellness into every team’s workflow and inspire happier, healthier, more motivated teams.
Why (problem)
Burnout is the number one reason why employees leave tech companies.
Unfortunately, 85% of burnout cases are identified too late which results in churn.
Employee turnover costs companies 2X the annual salary of the employees they lose.
Burnout often leads to disengaged employees, who cost their employers 34% of their annual salary.
So What? (Why should I care?)
Chances are you’ve been burnt out, which affected your performance. You may have employees now who are burnt out or close to burning out that you don’t know about who will churn (50% of tech employee churn is attributed to burnout). Oh yeah, and there’s no industry standard to measure this or standardized solution to prevent this.
Preventing employee burnout is a top 3 aspiration of HR leaders and managers, but 85% of burnout cases still go unnoticed and untreated which leads to turnover.
Managers and HR leaders are trying different solutions to increase employee wellbeing and reduce burnout. However, 98% do so without effectively measuring which solutions are actually working and identifying underlying problems that lead to burnout.
What (solution)
Mello can drive 2X increase in employee retention.
Mello can drive a 25% increase in employee wellness and engagement
Mello plugs directly into your teams’ current workflow via Slack! (Teams coming soon!)
Mello takes <1min to set-up on slack and can give you data on your team in 5 days!
Mello takes all of the time, labor and hassle out of things like pulse surveys or engagement surveys and gives you ongoing real-time wellbeing data AND nudges your employees into increased wellbeing away from burnout!
How
Measuring Burnout Accurately
Mello is the world’s first burnout index designed to measure wellbeing for tech employees. Our index is backed by scientific research & over 10,000 respondents.
Personalized Insights and Strategy
Our real-time HR dashboard shares insight into the wellbeing across your team, identifying what makes them their healthiest selves at work.
Prevention with Smart Nudges
We educate your employees on burnout, and provide smart nudges with resources specific to their needs. Our proactive approach to wellbeing helps your team avoid burnout.
YC Deal
Join our private Beta today!
We’re releasing mello to only a handful of companies to try -- sign up here today.
All YC Companies get 25% OFF our existing private beta offer and 25% off the first annual subscription of mello.
Sign-up today with ‘YC2021’ as your promo code here.
ASKS
We’re looking for introductions to HR Directors / People Ops at companies between 50-5000 in employees. Use our warm intro blurb HERE.
We’re looking for introductions to founders/CEOs at YC companies between 50-5000 in employees. Use our warm intro blurb HERE.