2degrees: Built for Scale. Designed for People

A simple, scalable way to deliver gifting and public transport benefits across a national workforce.

Scaling meaningful benefits across a national workforce

2degrees is one of New Zealand’s leading telecommunications providers, supporting almost two million Kiwis with mobile, broadband, and energy services. With teams spread across the country, delivering consistent, meaningful employee benefits at scale is both critical and complex.

2degrees needed a solution that is simple to manage, deliver real value to employees, and work seamlessly across a large, distributed workforce. For 2degrees, that meant moving beyond manual processes and one-size-fits-all approaches to employee benefits.

A solution built for scale

2degrees uses our gifting and public transport modules, enabling the Extraordinary platform to scale seamlessly across the organisation.

As Ryan Ghisi, Head of People Operations at 2degrees, explains:

“As a large enterprise, efficiency and scale are critical. Extraordinary's public transport solution is a simple, proven benefit that helps us deliver meaningful value to our large employee base. Joining other major New Zealand companies, we recognize the platform's reliability and its power as a core component of a modern employee value proposition.”

The platform allows 2degrees to deliver a consistent experience across teams nationwide, without adding complexity for internal HR or operations teams.

Gifting that works in practice

Alongside public transport benefits, Extraordinary supports how 2degrees recognises and rewards its people through gifting.

“For a large organisation like 2degrees, recognition and incentives need to be simple, scalable, and meaningful. Extraordinary’s gifting platform gives us a consistent, reliable way to recognise and reward our people at scale, without adding operational overhead. It’s a modern solution that supports timely, values-led recognition and strengthens our overall employee value proposition.”

By centralising gifting and incentives in one platform, managers have an easy, reliable way to acknowledge contributions, from everyday wins through to formal awards, regardless of location.

A benefit employees genuinely feel

One of the most impactful additions has been the public transport module, enabling employees to easily top up their public transport card nationwide while reducing commuting costs.

For employees, the impact goes beyond just financial:

“My new commute allows me to enjoy the sunrise and harbour views, and I'm saving over $800 on PT. My Extraordinary card is set to auto top up my AT Hop card, so it’s simple to use, just tag in the same way. The ability to build exercise into my daily routine and reduce the stress of driving and parking has been a massive benefit.”

It’s a simple benefit, but one that fits naturally into everyday life, making commuting easier, more affordable, and less stressful.

Delivering value without added complexity

For 2degrees, the impact of Extraordinary is as much about simplicity as it is about value.

“As a large enterprise, efficiency and scale are critical…”

By bringing gifting and public transport into one platform, the business has been able to deliver meaningful benefits at scale, without adding operational overhead or complexity for internal teams.

Looking ahead

2degrees continues to build on its approach to employee benefits, with Extraordinary as an important part of that strategy.

A platform that combines simplicity, scale, and real employee impact, exactly what a modern, growing organisation needs.

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Ryan Ghisi, Head of People Operations at 2degrees