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mello — The new standard to measure, track and reduce burnout.
mello is the new standard that companies use to measure, track and action on wellbeing to inspire happier, healthier, more motivated teams. Our check-ins assess, address, and prevent burnout within your team’s current workflow to increase employee retention.
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ayush gupta
This is definitely a tool that businesses and companies of all scales could do well with. Does it allow us to connect with other communication applications as well?
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Congrats on the launch. Genuine question - I’ve seen other burnout indexes before, what makes Mello different?
@theanisamirza Fabulous question! Mello is the FIRST index designed specifically to measure burnout for tech workers. Our index has questions backed by over 10K+ respondents!
Yes, I’m so glad Mello is a part of such a crucial cause, often the mental-health of employees goes neglected but this way corporates can get a very intricate idea of how their organisation is ACTUALLY doing. Love the Google Chat incorporation too.
@guptaakshitaa Thank you Akshita -- very true. This is a very important problem that we want to solve for employers and employees.
Hello product hunt! 👋 Great to meet everyone and thanks @mwseibel for the hunt 😊
@g2graham, @zxela and @derek_zhang, myself and the rest of the fellos at team mello are on a mission to create the new standard that companies use to measure, track and action on wellbeing to inspire happier, healthier and more motivated employees!
⌛ Our Story
As founders, we found ourselves burning out big time when we were building our last company. We looked to the market for solutions but couldn’t find anything that was easy, integrated into our workflow and provided us with insights and action we could take.
We then found that our customers and partners were struggling with the same thing. That led us to founding mello and wanting to build a simple and seamless way for employees to know how burnt-out they are and take action immediately.
As we’re entering the “Great Resignation” turnover is costing American companies nearly $11 billion per year (crazy right?!) and 50% of that is voluntary churn which can be attributed to employee burnout. Companies and employees need solutions now and mello is here to help.
💡️ How does mello work?
🏁 Mello checks in with your team weekly through your internal comms tool (I.e. slack, teams, google chats), asking scientifically backed questions (tested with over 10,000 respondents) to assess employee wellbeing + the world’s first burnout index built specifically for tech workers.
➕ At the end of the check-in each employee gets a burnout score, why they have that score but smart nudges on how to improve their wellbeing and workplace happiness. This is where companies can insert their health benefits into mello as well.
📊 On the company side, HR, managers, and c-suite can track how employees are doing on an aggregate and individual level, so they can take data driven action to improve culture and retain employees!
Unlike tedious bi-annual surveys or pulse-surveys that lead to adhoc actions, mello empowers employees with their own data, and incentivizes them with perks and benefits to keep them engaged, all the while keeping HR informed on team wellbeing.
💰 Product Hunt Deal:
From now until August 31st we are offering a special 25% Discount to our BETA: $2K USD for companies to trial mello for 2-months. Sign up for our BETA here. (If you’re interested in annual pricing, contact: us at cg@itsmello.co for more details).
🎤 , We would love your help in getting this to HR / People Ops at start-ups and scale-ups and YOUR company if you’re an employee that wants to try mello!
Let us know your thoughts/feedback below 👇
Cheers✨
CG Chen
Could you share more details on the anonymous check-in feature? What were design principles you kept in mind re: psychological safety? How does it work with the individual level reporting?
@baotri great questions. The design principles we used was really around respecting individual autonomy with anonymity and informed consent. We wanted to give people the agency to choose if they want to disclose the wellness status or to keep it private therefore instilling psychological safety by letting them choose and remain anonymous if they choose to.
What a great problem to work towards solving. Wish you all the best. Can't help but think of the Marshmallow song.
@cory_crapes we were gonna go with a marshmellow mascot haha! Great minds think alike!! Thanks Cory! <3
I'm noticing a trend among the new YC startups that they are putting "YC-Backed Company" at the top of the page. I don't feel this is a right thing to do. I'm not sure if someone at YC told you to do so. But whoever did it is hurting your company brand and YC brands.
I've seen people putting incubator's logo in unexpected areas in the past, and I know how bad that felt with TechStars, SingularityU (I'm GSP15) and 500Startups. It's like saying that YC brand is becoming weaker and we are trying to force on the audience.
You might laugh at my comment. But it's something to consider for the YC staff in the future.
Way to go CG! All the best with Mello. I have personally felt burn out and it just feels like running your engine on fumes, sputtering along, and subsequently feeling ashamed about lack of creativity, productivity which starts a negative spiral !
Mental Health is a primary focus at DocVita, and I could't be happier seeing this launch. The quality of work and your chances of success as a business increase so much more when when your team members cultivate the right mindset and don't spend too much time worrying about their health and wellbeing.
As you're inside of the Slack, Communication will play a central role in how people respond & accept you. Good Luck and Congratulations! 😊🎉
@anmolarora6699 Thank you Anmol, let us know if DocVita wants to give mello a try!
I used to work for a major IT company and let me tell you something, the amount of colleagues and people I have seen be over-worked, not take leaves and in the end - be burn out and demotivated in their professional and more importantly their personal lives. I feel you are doing something really interesting and important with such a simple idea and you surely have a follower in me
Best of luck!
Wait this is a pretty awesome launch. Could be a good way for employees to tell their higher-ups how they feel. I remember at Amazon, they had daily surveys like this too although not sure if it translated to any changes since i was only there for an internship. Will look to use this once we grow our company more :)
Do you have a Teams integration? Would have been helpful at previous companies I've been at
