Discover: Turning a $1M Mandate into a Strategic Win: How Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Reimagined Benefits to Cut Costs and Elevate Employee Experience
- Facing significant budget pressure and a directive to deliver $1M in savings, Rose Hulman launched a campus-wide benefits overhaul designed to reduce costs without diminishing employee value, even as shifting political expectations and talent market constraints raised the stakes.
- Deploying a structured benefits review rooted in employee surveys, open enrollment data, and cost-to-impact modelling, the team is already projecting $1.5M in achievable savings while broadening access to high value offerings, from expanded insurance options to more inclusive, flexible benefits.
- Showcasing how strategic redesign can fuel recruitment, retention, and morale through cost-positive perks like “Two Dollar Fridays,” and providing a replicable framework institutions can use to quantify impact, guide decision making, and enhance their EVP while strengthening financial resilience