Lump sum and stipend programs.
Turn a lump sum or stipend program from a payment into a guided move.
Employees receive the funds, but they don't have a relocation plan.
A lump sum or stipend covers the cost and leaves the employee to work out the rest, from where to live to who to trust to what to do first. The team that funds the move has no way to track it.
Employees are on Their Own
Housing, movers, timelines, and local decisions are left up to them to organize.
The Program Has No Visibility
Mobility teams only hear about the move when something goes wrong.
Exceptions Come Back to HR
Poor decisions and stalled moves turn into escalations and extra spend.
Relocity turns a lump sum or stipend into a guided move.
Give every employee a structured path from day one via the app, and your team gets visibility into how the move is progressing. The policy, the budget, and the providers you already use stay in place.
Products for this solution.
Every Relocity license includes the full platform. You select the additional level of support your program needs.
The self-service digital experience for every employee managing their own move.
Adds remote human support for the moves that need it, without changing the rest of the program.
The results this solution delivers.
18,000+ five-star reviews
From employees using Relocity to manage their own move.
4.96/5 employee satisfaction
Employee satisfaction across the program at an EV Manufacturer
67% cost reduction per move at an EV Manufacturer
Achieved while employee satisfaction also went up.
FAQ
What is a supported lump sum relocation program?
The payment stays the same. What changes is everything around it: a guided app, home finding, vetted providers, and milestones the employer can actually see. Some call it a managed lump sum. Either way the employee gets a supported plan instead of a check. Relocity Guide is one version of it.
How do you support employees on a lump sum move without paying for a managed move?
Provide the support via an app instead of a service team. Most of what a managed move charges for is coordination, and an app can carry those same steps: finding housing, knowing what to do first, picking movers, getting set up. The employee runs their own move with a guide in their pocket. That's the model behind the Relocity Guide.
How do companies track lump sum relocations after the money is paid?
Most don't. Once the payment goes out, the company hears nothing until something goes wrong. Tracking takes a system the employee is actually working in, one that records housing progress and milestones as they happen. Relocity Guide gives the team that view without changing how the program is funded.
Is a lump sum better than a managed move?
Depends on the move. Lump sums work well for domestic moves, single employees, and early-career hires, where flexibility matters more than step-by-step support. Managed moves earn their cost on senior hires, international relocations, and families, where a bad outcome gets expensive fast. Most programs need both. There's also a middle option, a lump sum with app-based support, which is where Relocity Guide fits in.
What do employees actually spend a lump sum on?
Movers, travel, deposits, and temporary housing, roughly in that order. Temporary housing is where the money goes, because someone searching an unfamiliar city alone takes longer to settle, and every extra week comes out of the stipend. The fastest way to protect the budget is to shorten the search. That's most of what Relocity Guide does for a lump sum move.
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