Lucid partners with Bridge to enhance its award-winning workplace culture

Lucid

Challenge

In 2016 Lucid was a rapidly-growing, Series A company looking to scale its Utah-based engineering team. An increasing percentage of current and prospective employees were recently graduated international students from nearby, engineering-focused universities, including BYU and University of Utah. CEO Karl Sun, a former practicing attorney, and VP of Engineering Brian Pugh were seeking an immigration provider that could both:

i) empower Lucid’s international employees through the traditionally opaque corporate immigration process (“individual empowerment” is one of the company’s core values) and

ii) deliver operational efficiency beyond what a traditional law firm could offer (“innovation in everything we do” is another one of the company's core values)

Approach

Onboarded each international employee to Bridge, allowing employees and People Operations team to track key immigration dates (e.g. work authorization and status expiration dates) and application status in real time

Collaborated with senior People Operations leaders to benchmark and standardize company’s immigration policy

Conducted on-site training with Talent Acquisition focused on compliance, immigration issue-spotting, and best practices for recruiting international employees

Successfully completed over 50 immigration applications through our high-touch, technology-enabled process

Lucid

“Bridge gave our international employees direct access to ease their anxieties, while accelerating processing times and reducing People Operations time spent.”

Kat Judd

VP of People Operations and Associate General Counsel

Results

Delivered an international employee experience consistent with Lucid’s “Best Companies to Work For” designation

Standardized immigration program and policies, enabling Lucid and its employees to plan, forecast and budget

Efficiently scaled immigration program from 2 employees to over 35 through exponential company growth and funding

Bolstered immigration compliance by digitizing PAFs and training Talent Acquisition team

Company:
Lucid
Company Overview:
Lucid provides cloud based visual workspace solutions through products Lucidchart and Lucidpress.
Total Employees:
550
Immigration Processes:
H-1B, TN, J-1, B-1/B-2, Green Card
Industry:
Software
Location:
South Jordan, UT