
Xeris Pharmaceuticals started using SimplyMerit in 2018 with approximately 50 employees. Today they have over 225+ employees working at HQ or remote in 35+ states.
Xeris Pharmaceuticals is headquartered in Chicago and is a specialty pharmaceutical company leveraging novel formulation technology platforms to develop and commercialize ready-to-use, liquid-stable injectables.
We sat down with Jennifer Bozarth, Manager, Compensation & Payroll at Xeris Pharmaceuticals about her team’s experience with SimplyMerit.
“With a size of just 20-25 employees, we were getting away with using spreadsheets internally and everything was done in-house. When we started growing, and knew we were going to continue to grow, that is when the decision was to look into something external. “
“One thing spreadsheets are not good for is emailing back and forth. ‘Okay, this manager approved it, this second manager approved it…oh wait this is the old version.’ It can just be a nightmare.”
Xeris Pharmaceuticals was experiencing substantial growth year over year, as well as changes in payroll, benefits, equity distribution, and the relocation of a Xeris Lab. They needed an intuitive comp planning solution that is simple to implement and would not create any “noise” from the company internally.
“When the decision was made to look into an external compensation planning and merit solution, SimplyMerit really called to us because of how focused it is, and how easy it is to use from both the management perspective and from the admin perspective. Spreadsheets can just be a nightmare, so having everything all in one place where you can see the approval chain is really helpful.”
SimplyMerit allowed Xeris to streamline and save time for all employees involved with the compensation planning and annual merit process.