David Wrangham, VP Total Rewards at Vimeo - Beyond the Paycheck

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Designing Benefits That Actually Help: Vimeo’s VP of Total Rewards on Healthcare Costs, 401(k) Nudges, and AI in Comp SummaryBenefits bloat, spiraling healthcare costs, and employees who still don’t understand what they’re getting - how should HR respond? David Wrangham, Vice President of Total Rewards at Vimeo, makes the case for fewer, better-funded programs that genuinely change behavior. Drawing on a global upbringing and a career in comp, David explains why not all dollars are equal (salary vs. commission vs. equity), how cultural context shapes how people experience pay, and why listening to frontline employees reveals root causes that often aren’t compensation problems at all.He unpacks the real driver of U.S. benefits strain - healthcare costs nearing 20% of GDP - and the implications for employers’ budgets and promises. David shares practical levers that work, like automatic 401(k) enrollment and annual auto-escalation, and where AI can help (job descriptions, benchmarks) and hurt (trust and explainability). He closes with a simple 30-day experiment: gamified micro-quizzes to boost financial literacy and uncover what your workforce doesn’t know but needs to.