Company: Anthill, Chicago, IL
Company Description: Anthill builds employee experience solutions for the 80% of global employees who don’t sit at a desk. These employees typically do not have a company email address or computer and are unable to communicate with their organization or take advantage of many HR programs. Anthill allows them to do that through the most inclusive technology - text messaging.
Nomination Category: Product & Service Awards Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Best New Product or Service of the Year - Business Products
 Nomination Title: Anthill
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Anthill, a two-way text message portal that provides a secure communication bridge for employers to connect, grow and retain its deskless workforce is disrupting the HR software tech world with its ability to speak to employees in 120 languages, provide an easy pathway to surveys, PTO and scheduling, as well as weather and safety information. The company was founded by Dr. Muriel Clauson and Dr. Young-Jae Kim, [REDACTED FOR PUBLICATION] Ph.D.s in industrial-organizational psychology. The duo had experience helping large companies strategize for the future of work and quickly identified a common complaint among companies that they couldn’t fully engage with or develop their deskless employees. Employers often struggle with capturing the sentiments of these employees or training them for new tasks. As a result, employers can often see high turnover among these roles. Anthill builds employee experience solutions for the 80% of global employees that don’t sit at a desk. These employees typically do not have a company email address or computer and are unable to communicate with their organization or take advantage of many HR programs. Anthill, the recent SXSW winner in the Future of Work category, allows them to do that via SMS-texting.
- If you are nominating a brand-new product or service, state the date on which it was released. If you are nominating a new version of an existing product or service, state the date on which the update was released:
The first demo product was released October 9, 2020. The next MVP version of the initial product was released on June 22, 2021. The new product line with Anthill CONNECT was launched January 31, 2022.
- Describe the features, functions, and benefits of the nominated product or service (up to 350 words):
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Simple to use, Anthill’s technology allows organizations to increase usage of systems they already have, create Voice of the Employee programs and become proactive in their retention and succession strategies. As the labor shortages intensify, Anthill’s scalable solution-driven portal helps employers find opportunities for planning resources, reskilling employees, and reducing turnover in critical, but concise questions to the workforce in the language they prefer. Anthill’s scalable solution-driven portal helps employers find opportunities for planning resources, reskilling employees, and reducing turnover in critical, but concise questions to the workforce in the language they prefer. In some cases, Anthill has alerted companies that as many as 20% of employees were non-English speaking and therefore without access to corporate communications. Anthill has prevented corporate walkouts, assisted with scheduling conflicts and helped to create work environments that better support, retain and grow its workforce. Anthill has never experienced customer churn and holds a 95% customer adoption rate. Anthill’s data shows that the hr tech solution on average, saves customers - HR and Ops users - five hours per day.
- Outline the market performance, critical reception, and customer satisfaction with the product or service to date. State monetary or unit sales figures to date, if possible, and how they compare to expectations or past performance. Provide links to laudatory product or service reviews. Include some customer testimonials, if applicable. (up to 350 words):
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The company has experienced rapid growth, adding many additional corporate clients, specifically within the supply chain industry. This growth includes [REDACTED FOR PUBLICATION] 10 additional team members to support the business. Anthill has also successfully launched a show and newsletter designed to educate and inform employers about the specific needs of deskless workers.
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